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Hrm vs Orientation - What's the difference?

hrm | orientation |

As an interjection hrm

is expressing a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.

As an initialism HRM

is human resource management.

As a noun orientation is

the act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

hrm

English

Alternative forms

* hrmm', '''hrmmm''', ' hrmmmm ...

Interjection

  • Expressing a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.
  • Synonyms

    * aah, ah, er, hmm, umm

    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