The difference between Attitude and Orientation

When used as nouns, attitude means the position of the body or way of carrying oneself, whereas orientation means the determination of the relative position of something or someone.


Attitude is also verb with the meaning: to assume or to place in a particular position or orientation.

check bellow for the other definitions of Attitude and Orientation

  1. Attitude as a noun:

    The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.

    Examples:

    "The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude."

  2. Attitude as a noun:

    Disposition or state of mind.

    Examples:

    "... but had a lazy attitude to work."

  3. Attitude as a noun (uncountable, countable):

    A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.

    Examples:

    "Don't give me your attitude."

    "You've got some attitude, girl!"

  4. Attitude as a noun (aeronautics, nautical, engineering):

    The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

    Examples:

    "The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident."

  5. Attitude as a noun (ballet):

    A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.

  1. Attitude as a verb:

    To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.

  2. Attitude as a verb:

    To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.

  1. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    The determination of the relative position of something or someone.

  2. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    The relative physical position or direction of something.

  3. Orientation as a noun (uncountable):

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

  4. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    An inclination, tendency or direction.

  5. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    The ability to orient.

    Examples:

    "The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation."

  6. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    An adjustment to a new environment.

  7. Orientation as a noun (countable):

    An introduction to a (new) environment.

  8. Orientation as a noun (typography, countable):

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

  9. Orientation as a noun (analysis, differential geometry, countable):

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

  10. Orientation as a noun (analytic geometry, topology, countable):

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

  11. Orientation as a noun (education):

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

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