differentiate

Verb

• become distinct and acquire a different character

• evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

• become different during development
  • cells differentiate
    

• calculate a derivative; take the derivative

• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
  • His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
    

• mark as different
  • We distinguish several kinds of maple
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  speciate , specialize , specialise , distinguish , mark , separate , secern , secernate , severalize , severalise , tell , tell apart
• Antonyms: 
  dedifferentiate , integrate