differentiate

/dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/verb

To show what makes two things different, or to be the feature that sets them apart.

Example sentence

“Its bright orange beak differentiates this bird from similar species.”

'Differentiate between X and Y' or 'differentiate X from Y'. In business it means making a product stand out; in calculus it is a technical operation.

Related words

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