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orient vs position

position vs orient

orient and position both are nouns.

orient and position both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
orient Yes No Yes No
position Yes No Yes No
As verbs, position is a hypernym of orient; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than orient:
  • orient: cause to point
  • position: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
orient (noun) position (noun)
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia the act of putting something in a certain place
a job in an organization
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
a rationalized mental attitude
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
an item on a list or in a sequence
the particular portion of space occupied by something
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
the appropriate or customary location
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
a condition or position in which you find yourself
orient (verb) position (verb)
adjust to a specific need or market put into a certain place or abstract location
familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
determine one's position with reference to another point
be oriented
cause to point
Difference between orient and position

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