differentiate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dif·fer·en·ti·ate AW [differentiate differentiates differentiated differentiating] BrE [ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt] NAmE [ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to recognize or show that two things are not the same
Syn: ↑distinguish
•~ (between) A and B It's difficult to differentiate between the two varieties.
•~ A (from B) I can't differentiate one variety from another.
2. transitive ~ sth (from sth) to be the particular thing that shows that things or people are not the same
Syn: ↑distinguish
•The male's yellow beak differentiates it from the female.
3. intransitive ~ between A and B to treat people or things in a different way, especially in an unfair way
Syn: ↑discriminate
Derived Word: ↑differentiation
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: from medieval Latin differentiat- ‘carried away from’, from the verb differentiare, from differentia from different- ‘carrying away’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.

Example Bank:
•features which clearly differentiate this product from other similar ones
•Birds are able to differentiate colours.
•I can't differentiate one variety from another.
•She can just differentiate between light and dark.
•Teachers should differentiate clearly between different kinds of correction.
•The male's yellow beak differentiates it from the female.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  speciate, specialize, specialise, distinguish, mark, separate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  dedifferentiate, integrate