Orientation vs Explanation - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between orientation and explanation

is that orientation is the act of orienting or the state of being oriented while explanation is the act or process of explaining.

(wikipedia orientation)

(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

* disorientation

* orientational * orientation course * reorientation * sexual orientation

(wikipedia explanation)

(en noun)

The act or process of explaining.

The explanation was long and drawn-out.

Something that explains, makes understandable.

An explanation for each UFO sighting was easily found.

(euphemistic) An excuse, apologetic justification not based on enough evidence.

expense.

* (act or process of explaining) clarification, elucidation, elaboration

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