what is the difference between oriental and occidental?

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what is the difference between oriental and occidental?

2006-08-24 03:04:20 · 2 answers · asked by rambo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities

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Occidental means - Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western.

Oriental means - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East.

So one (Oriental) is Eastern while the other(occidental) is Western.

2006-08-24 03:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by ArnieSchivaSchangaran 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Oriental is eastern. Occidental is western.

2006-08-24 03:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋