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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb differentiate has 6 senses

• differentiate(v = verb.cognition) distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
is one way to identify, place
Derived forms noun difference₁, noun difference₂, noun differentiation₁, noun differentiator₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

• differentiate(v = verb.cognition) distinguish, mark - be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
is one way to characterise, characterize, qualify
Derived forms noun difference₁, noun difference₂, noun differentiation₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• differentiate(v = verb.cognition) Array - calculate a derivative; take the derivative; Array
is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
Derived form noun differentiation₂
Antonym: integrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

• differentiate(v = verb.change) Array - become different during development; "cells differentiate"
is one way to develop
Antonym: dedifferentiate
Derived forms noun difference₁, noun difference₄, noun differentiation₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• differentiate(v = verb.change) specialise, specialize, speciate - evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment; Array
is one way to evolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• differentiate(v = verb.change) Array - become distinct and acquire a different character; Array
is one way to dissimilate
Derived forms noun difference₁, noun difference₂, noun difference₄, noun differentiation₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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

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