Difference between Orient and Orientate

What is the difference between Orient and Orientate?

Orient as a verb is to set self or thing to face the east; to turn towards the east while Orientate as a verb is to determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient

Orient

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to set self or thing to face the east; to turn towards the east to build along the east-west direction to bury with feet facing east to determine direction with respect to east or other points of the compass to determine one's general situation (figuratively) to find one's way (usually by means of a compass)

Example sentence: That's football. Observe, orient, decide, act, over and over and over again. The quicker you do these things, the better you're going to be.

Orientate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orientTo turn to face the east

We hope you now know whether to use Orient or Orientate in your sentence.

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