as in to distinguish
to understand or point out the difference in
it was hard at first to differentiate between the two styles of music
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Recent Examples of differentiate
Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
From his early inspiration for building androids to the core technology that differentiates Clone from other robotics companies, Radhakrishnan also discussed his future vision involving robots working in human environments.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
For many years, Safari simply didn't support favicons in tabs at all, using only hard-to-distinguish text labels to differentiate tabs from one another.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
From his early inspiration for building androids to the core technology that differentiates Clone from other robotics companies, Radhakrishnan also discussed his future vision involving robots working in human environments.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
For many years, Safari simply didn't support favicons in tabs at all, using only hard-to-distinguish text labels to differentiate tabs from one another.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for differentiate
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Three batches will be released annually in January, May, and September, each distinguished by unique variations in flavor, age, and proof.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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At the time of his father’s death, Henry was a student at Balliol College, Oxford; perhaps because of his difficult family circumstances, his academic record wasn’t distinguished.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who reads the Superior Court’s decision and underlying evidence will conclude that Chair O’Brien did not harass, bully, intimidate or discriminate against anyone.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ+ advocacy law firm, is arguing that the law violates the 14th Amendment and Title IX by discriminating against transgender students.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Differentiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/differentiate. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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