disorientate vs confound

disorientate and confound both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disorientate	No	No	Yes	No
confound	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confound is a hypernym of disorientate; that is, confound is a word with a broader meaning than disorientate:

disorientate: cause to be lost or disoriented
confound: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Other hypernyms of disorientate include bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw.

disorientate (verb)	confound (verb)
cause to be lost or disoriented	mistake one thing for another
	be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly