orientate vs situate

orientate

verb
  • To position (something), to align relative to a given position. 

  • He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself. 

  • To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves. 

  • To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself). 

  • To face a given direction. 

situate

verb
  • To place on or into a physical location. 

  • To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively. 

adj
  • Situated; located. 

How often have the words orientate and situate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )