Both Uses
differentiate
in
A Separate Peace
(Edited)
- As I plodded toward him through the snow I began to differentiate items of clothing—a dull green deer-stalker's cap, brown ear muffs, a thick gray woolen scarf—
p. 93.9 *differentiate = recognize difference
- I listened so hard that I nearly differentiated it from the others, and it seemed to be saying, "Finny, give that bone the old college try."
p. 182.6differentiated = recognized difference in
Definitions:
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(1)
(differentiate as in: differentiate between right/wrong) to recognize difference
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(2)
(differentiate as in: differentiate our product) to make different; or to show difference
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary or Wikipedia for specialized senses of differentiation including definitions in the fields of mathematics, biology, geology, and the social sciences.