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Orientation vs Perspective - What's the difference?

orientation | perspective |

As nouns the difference between orientation and perspective

is that orientation is the act of orienting or the state of being oriented while perspective is a view, vista or outlook.

As an adjective perspective is

of, in or relating to perspective.

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

    perspective

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A view, vista or outlook.
  • The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
  • The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
  • (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
  • The ability to consider things in such relative perspective
  • A perspective glass.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
  • A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
  • Derived terms

    * linear perspective * metaperspective * microperspective * put something into perspective

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, in or relating to perspective
  • a perspective drawing
  • (obsolete) providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical
  • (Francis Bacon)