Oriented vs. Orientation — What's the Difference?

Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia.

The action of orienting someone or something relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions

The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality.

A person's basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a particular subject or issue

A pearl having exceptional luster.

Familiarization with something

(Archaic) The place on the horizon where the sun rises; the east.

The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

Having exceptional luster

Location or position relative to the points of the compass.

(Archaic) Eastern; oriental.

The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis has an east-west direction with the main altar usually at the eastern end.

To align or position in a particular direction or in a particular relation to the points of the compass

The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.

To build (a church) with the nave laid out in an east-west direction and the main altar usually at the eastern end.

A tendency of thought; a general inclination

To determine the bearings of (oneself); cause (one) to know one's position in relation to the surroundings

Sexual orientation.

To make familiar with a new situation

An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.

To provide with a primary purpose or focus of attention

Introductory instruction concerning a new situation

Having a specific orientation (positioning#Noun or direction).

(Psychology) Awareness of the objective world in relation to one's self.

(often with with or in) Having had an orientation (an introduction to a topic or place).

(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.

Simple past tense and past participle of orient

(countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.

Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination;

(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.

(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.

(countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.

(countable) An adjustment to a new environment.

(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.

(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.

The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.

(LGBT) sexual orientation

The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.

The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented (or "nonorientable"); the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

The act of orienting

An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

A predisposition in favor of something;

A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships

A course introducing a new situation or environment