dif·fer·en·ti·ate
vb, -at*ed -at*ing vt 1 : to constitute a difference that distinguishes <a highly developed brain with a capacity for articulate speech s humans from the other primates> 2 : to cause differentiation of in the course of development 3 : to discriminate or give expression to a specific difference that distinguishes <quickly learned to sharp pain from dull pain> < humans from the rest of the primates> 4 : to cause differentiation in (a specimen for microscopic examination) by staining vi 1 : to recognize or express a difference < between humans and the rest of the primates> 2 : to undergo differentiation .
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