differentiate

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dif=fer=en=ti=ate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

differentiate, v.
1 tr. constitute a difference between or in.
2 tr. & (often foll. by between) intr. find differences (between); discriminate.
3 tr. & intr. make or become different in the process of growth or development (species, word-forms, etc.).
4 tr. Math. transform (a function) into its derivative.

Derivative

differentiation n. differentiator n.

Etymology

med.L differentiare differentiat- (as DIFFERENCE)

THESAURUS

differentiate

adapt, adjust, alter, analyze, anatomize, argue, atomize, be characteristic, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, break up, calibrate, calibrated, change, characterize, chop logic, comprehend, connote, contradistinguish, contrast, convert, decrease, define, demarcate, demark, denominate, denote, describe, desynonymize, differ, difference, discern, disclose, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, display, dissent, distinguish, disunify, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, draw the line, earmark, entail, express, extricate, give evidence, give token, gradational, grade, gradual, graduate, graduated, hierarchic, highlight, hint, identify, increase, indicate, individualize, individuate, involve, keynote, make a distinction, manifest, mark, mark off, mark out, mark the interface, mean, modify, note, oppose, particularize, personalize, pick out, progressive, refine a distinction, regular, relieve, reveal, scalar, screen, screen out, segregate, select, separate, set a limit, set apart, set off, set the pace, set the tone, sever, severalize, shade off, show, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, signify, sort, sort out, sound the keynote, specialize, split hairs, stand for, subdivide, subtilize, suggest, symptomatize, symptomize, tell apart, testify, transform, transmute, understand, variate, variegate, vary, winnow