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differentiate
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[ verb ] mark as different
Examples "We distinguish several kinds of maple" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)What is noteworthy about this large group of teen-agers is that , although their attitudes hardly differentiate them from their gentile counterparts , they actually lead their lives in a vast self_enclosed Jewish cosmos with relatively little contact with the non Jewish world . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Let us differentiate a_few of these ideas . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)There is much research evidence to validate the use of the instrument in differentiating individuals who are likely to manifest anxiety in varying degrees . (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)In my experience , a great many_of the patient 's more puzzling verbal communications are so for the reason that concrete meanings have not become differentiated from figurative meanings in his subjective experience . |
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[ verb ] be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Synonyms Examples "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers" Used in print (William H. Ittelson and Samuel B. Kutash,...)Only Co differentiated between the two groups at less_than the 5 % level ( * * f ) . Related terms |
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[ verb ] become different during development; of cells
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[ verb ] (mathematics) calculate a derivative; take the derivative; in mathematics
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[ verb ] evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment, of populations of plants and animals
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[ verb ] become distinct and acquire a different character
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