Dear ORIGINAL POSTER:
I would like you to think about this. It might help you understand.
The VOR extends 360 roads. And you name the roads by the numbers/degrees.
The trouble is you can go two ways on each of these roads .
(FOR EXAMPLE. Down near Los Angeles, California there is a road called 101. IF you are in Santa Barbara (about 90 miles west/northwest of Los Angeles ) You can get on 101 and if you are going in one direction upon it you will go to Los Angeles, but if you are on the same road , in the other direction you will get To San Francisco...same name of the road, different direction)
So, if you are going to an airport that has a VOR upon it and it is the only VOR you are using. YOU ARE ON THE 20 degree road, but going on the 200degree direction on that road. And in no winds, your heading will be 200 degrees and you should select 200 degrees in the OBS (omni directional bearing selector).
Now, sustitute radial for road.
There are other terms you really must learn.
RADIALS
COURSE (everyone uses the term ground track and I don't like it, course is the better term)
Heading (and the VOR doesn't care what heading you are on)
BEARING TO
BEARING FROM
Get out a piece of paper and pencil and draw it until you can explain it somehow to someone else.