differentiate

CEFRC1

/dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To recognize or show how things are different.
02
verb
Extra detail
To recognize as different or distinct.

Examples

English doesn't differentiate between the verbs "ser" and "estar".
It's difficult to differentiate between the two varieties.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
To calculate the derivative of a function.

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In context

We must be able to differentiate between objects and situations.
How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one?
What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?

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Citations

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A humble instance of Ablaut may be quoted which took place in the seventeenth century, when the word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.
1873, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue, second edition, page 128
Taste differentiates a gentleman—for instance, Mr. Addison—from a Hottentot or Laplander.
1998, W. Ross Winterowd, The English Department: A Personal and Institutional History, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 66
There is no discernable tendency, however, for the differentiates to fall into two extremities, as would be expected if they were trending toward distinct eutectics in a residua system.
1969, Alexander R. McBirney, Geology and Petrology of the Galápagos Islands, page 185
This latter terminology is particularly favored by Soviet petrologists, e.g.. Bogatikov et al. (1985), who believe that any magma typically exhibits both agpaitic and miascitic differentiates.
1991, Roger H. Mitchell, Petrology of Lamproites, page 10
In the earlier chapters uncouth proper names are reduced to a minimum, but the Index refers by name to specific places and persons only generally mentioned in the earlier pages. For instance, the states of Lu and Chêng on pages 22 and 29 : it is hard enough to differentiate Ts‘i, Tsin, Ts‘in, and Ts‘u at the outstart, without crowding the memory with fresh names until the necessity for it absolutely arises.
1908, Edward Harper Parker, Ancient China Simplified, London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., →OCLC, page ix

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Origin

verb

From New Latin differentiātus, perfect passive participle of differentiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference.

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It can be hard to blank— between real silk and high-quality imitation fabric.

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verb

It can be hard to blank between real silk and high-quality imitation fabric.