differentiates
- 1Third-person singular present of differentiate.
The biologist differentiates closely related species by their genetic markers.
Strong branding differentiates one product from its competitors.
Note
Every use of the verb passes through this -s form, and the construction tells them apart. With an object it marks or recognizes a difference: one feature differentiates a product from its rivals. Without an object it means to discriminate: a careful listener differentiates between the two accents. In calculus it takes a function as its object, and there it means finding a derivative, not telling things apart.
A trained ear differentiates between the two dialects almost instantly.
She differentiates the function twice to find its rate of acceleration.
differentiates is a form of differentiate
differentiate, verb: To recognize one thing as different or distinct from another. Full entry
- Forms
- differentiatedifferentiates he/she/itdifferentiating -ing formdifferentiated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- differentiate → differentiates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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