Orient vs Track - What's the difference?
orient | track |
To familiarize with a situation or circumstance.
To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group.
To point at or direct towards.
To determine which direction one is facing.
To place or build so as to face eastward.
To change direction so as to face east.
(by extension) To change direction to face a certain way.
(Orient)
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) A pearl of orient.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, p. 120:
(obsolete, poetic) Rising, like the sun.
* Milton
eastern; oriental
* Hakluyt
Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Wordsworth
* Milton
A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
A road; a beaten path.
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
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(railways) The permanent way; the rails.
A tract or area, as of land.
* Fuller
(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)
(automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
(cricket) The pitch.
Sound stored on a record.
The physical track on a record.
(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence
Circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
(uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
A session talk on a conference.
To observe the (measured) state of an object over time
To monitor the movement of a person or object.
To discover the location of a person or object (usually in the form track down ).
To follow the tracks of.
To leave in the form of tracks.
In transitive terms the difference between orient and track
is that orient is to place or build so as to face eastward while track is to leave in the form of tracks.In lang=en terms the difference between orient and track
is that orient is countries east of the Mediterranean while track is a song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.As an adjective orient
is rising, like the sun.As a proper noun Orient
is countries of Asia, especially East Asia.orient
English
Verb
(en verb)- Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.
- We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.
- I will orient all of the signs to face the road.
- Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.
Synonyms
* orientate (UK)Derived terms
() * orientate (UK) * orientation * orienteerNoun
(en noun)- [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
- Henry II wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow, and had a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies and fifty-two great orients .
- (Carlyle)
Adjective
(-)- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun
- the orient part
- pearls round and orient
- orient gems
- orient liquor in a crystal glass
Anagrams
* ----track
English
Noun
(en noun)- small tracks of ground
Synonyms
* (mark left by something that has passed along) trace, trail, wake * (mark or impression left by the foot) footprint * (entire lower surface of the foot) * path, road, way * (course) course, path, trajectory, way * course, racetrack * (the permanent way) rails, railway, train tracks, tracks * (tract or area) area, parcel, region, tract * (distance between two opposite wheels) track width * ground, pitch * (sound stored on a record) recording * (physical track on a record) groove * (circular data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk) * (track and field) athletics, track and fieldDerived terms
* * album track * beaten track * fast track * half-track * half-tracker * lose track * mid-track * mommy track * off the beaten track * on the right track * on track * one-track mind * railroad track * railway track * reserved track * tenure-track * title track * track and field * trackball * track-mounted * trackpad * track record * track spike * track width * train track * tram trackSee also
* path * trailVerb
(en verb)- My uncle spent all day tracking the deer.
- In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.
