orientation vs position

orientation and position both are nouns.

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

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

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

As nouns, position is a hyponym of orientation; that is, position is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than orientation:

orientation (noun)	position (noun)
the act of orienting	the act of putting something in a certain place
a course introducing a new situation or environment	a job in an organization
an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
a predisposition in favor of something	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions	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

orientation (verb)	position (verb)
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation