- differentiation, distinction - a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
--1 is a kind of discrimination, secernment
--1 has particulars:contradistinction; line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast; hairsplitting, word-splitting Derived forms: verb differentiate2, verb differentiate1, verb differentiate6 - differentiation - the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
--2 is a kind of mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
Derived form: verb differentiate3 - specialization, specialisation, differentiation - (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
--3 is a kind of adaptation, adjustment
Derived form: verb differentiate4