disorientate vs confuse

disorientate and confuse both are verbs.

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

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

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

disorientate (verb)	confuse (verb)
cause to be lost or disoriented	make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
	mistake one thing for another
	be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
	assemble without order or sense
	cause to feel embarrassment