MEANING
to recognize or establish a distinction between things
Use it for
Words that belong together
- differentiate between causes
- differentiate one group from another
- clearly differentiate
On the page
The survey differentiates between temporary and chronic insecurity.
We must differentiate correlation from causation.
These features differentiate the two narrative voices.
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Opposite meanings
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Word forms
- Base
- differentiate / differentiates
- Past tense
- differentiated
- Past participle
- differentiated
- Present participle
- differentiating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- differentiate / differentiates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are differentiating
- Present perfect
- have/has differentiated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been differentiating
- Past
- differentiated
- Past continuous
- was/were differentiating
- Past perfect
- had differentiated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been differentiating
- Future
- will differentiate / differentiates
- Future continuous
- will be differentiating
- Future perfect
- will have differentiated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been differentiating
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Usage notes
Primary curation section: Academic. Use differentiate between A and B or differentiate A from B. In mathematics it has a separate calculus sense. differentiate; differentiates; differentiated; differentiated; differentiating. Related noun: differentiation.
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