differentiate > define

verb

• Mark as different.
  • usage: "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
  • synonyms: distinguish, separate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.
  • usage: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
  • synonyms: distinguish, mark
• Calculate a derivative; take the derivative.
• Become different during development.
  • usage: "cells differentiate"
• Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment.
  • synonyms: speciate, specialize, specialise
• Become distinct and acquire a different character. .

• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.i.) To acquire a distinct and separate character.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.t.) To obtain the differential or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression or an equation.