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Cognition vs Orientation - What's the difference?

cognition | orientation |

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between cognition and orientation

is that cognition is (countable) a result of a cognitive process while orientation is (countable) an introduction to a (new) environment.

As nouns the difference between cognition and orientation

is that cognition is the process of knowing while orientation is (uncountable) the act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

cognition

English

Noun

(wikipedia cognition)
  • The process of knowing.
  • (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

    • Related terms

    * cognitive * cognometrics * cognizant * recognize

    Derived terms

    * precognition

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * incognito

    orientation

    English

    (wikipedia orientation)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
  • (uncountable) A position relative to compass bearings
  • (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
  • (countable) An adjustment to a new environment
  • (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment
  • (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
  • (mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space

    • Antonyms

    * disorientation

    Derived terms

    * orientational * orientation course * reorientation * sexual orientation

    Related terms

    * orient * orientalism * orientate * orienteer