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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dif-uh-ren-shee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃiˌeɪt



Definition of differentiating

Origin :
  • 1816, from Medieval Latin differentiatus, past participle of differentiare, from Latin differentia (see difference).
  • Originally a mathematical term; transitive and non-technical sense of "discriminate between" is from 1876. Earlier, difference had been used as a verb in this sense. Related: Differentiated; differentiating; differentiation.
  • verb make a distinction
  • verb change; make different
Example sentences :
  • It is the prime factor in differentiating the races of mankind.
  • Extract from : « The Goat-gland Transplantation » by Sydney B. Flower
  • It was reduced to differentiating them by the variety of their attributes.
  • Extract from : « A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • Even the manner in which the two are formed results in differentiating them.
  • Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
  • While the Recessives are differentiating toward a female genus.
  • Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
  • It signifies the royal prerogative of man, differentiating him from the beasts.
  • Extract from : « The Terror » by Arthur Machen
  • He saw no just reason for differentiating between the sexes in his offspring.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett
  • That is, differentiating the integral of a function results in a return to that function.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • But the end of the tail is always tied with red silk—the differentiating colour between youths and maids in China.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Sketches » by Herbert A. Giles
  • That is to say, they show no talent whatever for differentiating between the artificial and the real.
  • Extract from : « In Defense of Women » by H. L. Mencken
  • The blood pressure may be useful in differentiating uremic coma from the coma of pyonephrosis.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield

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