differentiate /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/verb 8noun 1forms 3 verb8 •To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.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 •To recognize as different or distinct.How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one? •To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate. •To show or be the difference or distinction between things.What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile? •To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.In Chapter IV we learned that every animal consists of a body, or soma, formed of cells that are differentiated from the germ cells usually at an early stage of development. — 1930 •To calculate the derivative of a function. •To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables. •To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.Moreover, children of STIP-teachers who showed many types of differentiation activities learnt more than children of STIP-teachers who differentiated less. — 2017 noun1 •Something that has been differentiated or stratified.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 formsdifferentiated · differentiating · differentiates
