Disorient vs Confusing - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between disorient and confusing

is that disorient is to cause to lose orientation or direction while confusing is present participle of lang=en.

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc.

(en verb)

To cause to lose orientation or direction.

To confuse or befuddle.

* disorientate

(en adjective)

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc

Several sections in that book are really confusing .

(head)