differentiate
To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
Other meanings
To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
To recognize as different or distinct.
Synonyms
- distinguish
- separate
- tell
- tell apart
Related words
- codifferentiate
- cytodifferentiate
- dedifferentiate
- differentiable
- differentiator
- differentiatory
- indifferentiate
- misdifferentiate
- neurodifferentiate
- redifferentiate
- retrodifferentiate
- transdifferentiate
Word history
From Latin "differentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “differentiate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.