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differentiate

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1. differentiate - Noun

2. differentiate - Verb

Meaning

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.

To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

To acquire a distinct and separate character.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. Rebecca West

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. Rebecca West

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. Leo Buscaglia

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. Anatole France

And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment. Alan Watts

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music. Art Blakey

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