differentiate

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To show, or be the distinction between two things.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To modify, or be modified.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive, biology) To produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions by a process of development called differentiation.

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