orientation vs location

orientation and location both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
orientation	Yes	No	No	No
location	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, location is a hypernym of orientation; that is, location is a word with a broader meaning than orientation:

Other hypernyms of orientation include emplacement, locating, placement, position, positioning.

orientation (noun)	location (noun)
the act of orienting	a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space
a course introducing a new situation or environment	a determination of the place where something is
an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs	the act of putting something in a certain place
a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships	a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made
a predisposition in favor of something
position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions