The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

plural of differentiation

Associated with, or leading to differentiation

Of or pertaining to a difference. / Dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive. / Having differences in speed or direction of motion.

The differential gear in an automobile, etc. / A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.

(transitive) To show, or be the distinction between two things. / (intransitive) To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate. / (transitive, intransitive) To modify, or be modified.

(geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.

simple past tense and past participle of differentiate

(biology, of a cell or tissue) That has taken on a specialized form and function

present participle of differentiate