differentiate

[Dif`fer*en·ti*ate]

To differentiate is to identify the differences between things, to discriminate among them. For example, if the light is dim at the party, you might find it hard to differentiate between the spicy bean dip and the chocolate sauce.

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To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

Verb
become distinct and acquire a different character

Verb
evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

Verb
become different during development; "cells differentiate"

Verb
calculate a derivative; take the derivative

Verb
mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

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Verb
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"


v. t.
To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

v. t.
To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.

v. t.
To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

v. i.
To acquire a distinct and separate character.


Differentiate

Dif`fer*en"ti*ate , v. t. 1. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.
Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become differentiated in signification.
2. To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate. Earle. 3. (Math.) To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

Differentiate

Dif`fer*en"ti*ate, v. i. (Biol.) To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley.

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

To acquire a distinct and separate character.

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Usage Examples

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

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Other Usage Examples

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

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