differentiate   (Sound)

The verb differentiate has 6 senses

• distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")


• distinguish, mark, differentiate -- (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers")


• differentiate -- (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)


• differentiate -- (become different during development; "cells differentiate")


• speciate, differentiate, specialize, specialise -- (evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment)


• differentiate -- (become distinct and acquire a different character)