Differentiate /(?)/

Dif·fer·en·ti·ate

Differentiate

v. t.

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.
— Earle.

Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become differentiated in signification.
— Dr. Murray.
To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.
To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation. (Math.)

v. i.