Oriental vs. Occidental: What's the Difference?

Often Oriental Of or relating to the countries of the Orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern.

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

Oriental(Biology) Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes South Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains and Southeast Asia from southern China to Borneo.

A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner.

Of or relating to the Oriental Orthodox Church.

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.

Lustrous and valuable

Of a gem or precious stone: of inferior value or quality.

Of or relating to a genuine or superior gem

A Western Christian of the Latin rite

Relating to or designating corundum that resembles another stone in color.

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; - opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Often Offensive An Asian, especially a South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian.

Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; - used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.

A domestic cat of a breed developed in Britain from the Siamese and other breeds, having a long slender body and either a long or short coat in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

A native inhabitant of the Occident

Alternative case form of Oriental

An artificial language

Alternative case form of Oriental

Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere;

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; - opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

A member of an Oriental race

Denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java;