position vs orientation

position and orientation both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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