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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Differ and differentiate
what is different between differ and differentiate
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HI, " My eyes differ from yours " Here, it means something like " varies " ->is/are different from " It's difficult to differentiate between their voices on the phone " Here it means " -> to distinguish " Greetings
- HI, " My eyes differ from yours " Here, it means something like " varies " ->is/are different from " It's difficult to differentiate between their voices on the phone " Here it means " -> to distinguish " Greetings
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HI,
"My eyes differ from yours"
Here, it means something like "varies"
->is/are different from
"It's difficult to differentiate between their voices on the phone"
Here it means " -> to distinguish"
Greetings
"My eyes differ from yours"
Here, it means something like "varies"
->is/are different from
"It's difficult to differentiate between their voices on the phone"
Here it means " -> to distinguish"
Greetings
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"differ" is intransitive: things can differ (meaning that they are different), but you cannot differ something. For example:
"Their answers differ." -- OK
"My opinion differs from yours." -- OK
"How can I differ these two words?" -- Wrong.
"differentiate" is usually transitive, and means to distinguish, tell apart:
"I can't differentiate the
"Their answers differ." -- OK
"My opinion differs from yours." -- OK
"differentiate" is usually transitive, and means to distinguish, tell apart:
"I can't differentiate the
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