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Awareness vs Oriented - What's the difference?

awareness | oriented |

As a noun awareness

is the state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.

As an adjective oriented is

having a specific orientation.

As a verb oriented is

(orient).

awareness

English

Noun

(wikipedia awareness) (en-noun)
  • The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
    • I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness .
  • The state or quality of being aware of something
    • ''The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea

    Synonyms

    * (state of consciousness) consciousness, wakefulness * (state of being aware of something) knowledge, consciousness

    oriented

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a specific orientation

    • Derived terms

    * message-oriented * object-oriented * oriented graph * oriented knot * oriented link * oriented matroid * oriented surface * sexually oriented

    Usage notes

    In British English the word orientated is used instead. [http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/oriented]

    Verb

    (head)
  • (orient)