Usually means: Distinguish between things by characteristics.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 34 dictionaries that define the word differentiate:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. differentiate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. differentiate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. differentiate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. differentiate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. differentiate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Differentiate, differentiate: Wordnik
  7. differentiate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. differentiate: Wiktionary
  9. differentiate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. differentiate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. differentiate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. differentiate: Dictionary.com
  13. differentiate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Differentiate (biology): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Differentiate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. differentiate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. differentiate: Rhymezone
  18. differentiate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. differentiate: Free Dictionary
  20. differentiate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. differentiate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. differentiate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. differentiate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  5. differentiate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. differentiate: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. differentiate: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Differentiate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See differentiability as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
verb:  To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
verb:  To recognize as different or distinct.
verb:  (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
verb:  (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
verb:  (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
noun:  (geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...




Words similar to differentiate

Usage examples for differentiate

Idioms related to differentiate

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing differentiate

Words that often appear near differentiate

Rhymes of differentiate

Invented words related to differentiate

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong.
Sign up for our new mailing list here!