To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
A humble instance of Ablaut may be quoted which took place in the seventeenth century, when the word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.
To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
Something that has been differentiated or stratified.
There is no discernable tendency, however, for the differentiates to fall into two extremities, as would be expected if they were trending toward distinct eutectics in a residua system.
From New Latin differentiātus, perfect passive participle of differentiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference.
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What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?
To recognize as different or distinct.
How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one?