Difference between Asian and Oriental

Asian

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, relating to or from Asia.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person from Asia. , (British Africa), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, sometimes including East and Southeast Asia. , (Australia), (Canada), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, East and Southeast Asia, sometimes excluding the Indian Subcontinent. A domestic cat breed similar to the Burmese. A cat of this breed.

Oriental

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Oriental (capitalized) native of the East, or Asiatic, native, resident of the OrientA person from the Orient, or with ancestry from the Orient.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East.(zoölogy), capitalized: a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia.of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl

Example sentence: It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.