"Orienting" or "orientating"?

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Oriented vs. Orientated

Both orienting and orientating seem to be in common use. Is there any difference in meaning or usage? Is orientating just a common misspelling?

Yep , pretty much a dulicate, in my defense I did search before posting, but only for orienting and orientating, so it did not show up. Cheers — HMcG, Jul 04 '11 at 18:58
No worries! This post will link others to the answer if they do the same thing as you :) — Kosmonaut, Jul 04 '11 at 19:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '11 at 18:46

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Just as orientate is another term for orient, orientating is another term for orienting, as far as I am aware.

answered Jul 04 '11 at 18:46

Harold Cavendish

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '11 at 18:53

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I think orientate is a back-formation from orientation, although orient is more grammatical.

answered Jul 04 '11 at 18:53

pavium

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