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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

to recognize or give expression to a difference

differentiate
intransitive verb
1 : to recognize or give expression to a difference
[M-W's Col. Dic.]

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To see that something is different from other, perhaps similar things. Someone who doesn't like or know dogs might not differentiate among the various breeds. Someone who loves dogs will see a huge difference between a herding dog and a companion dog.

  • To see that something is different from other, perhaps similar things.
  • Someone who doesn't like or know dogs might not differentiate among the various breeds.
  • Someone who loves dogs will see a huge difference between a herding dog and a companion dog.
  • Someone who loves Belgian Sheepdogs will differentiate even further and say that Belgians are quite different from Australian Cattle dogs.
  • However, the Belgian lover might not bother differentiating between two types of retrievers.
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To see that something is different from other, perhaps similar things.

Someone who doesn't like or know dogs might not differentiate among the various breeds. Someone who loves dogs will see a huge difference between a herding dog and a companion dog. Someone who loves Belgian Sheepdogs will differentiate even further and say that Belgians are quite different from Australian Cattle dogs.
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differentiate
intransitive verb
1 : to recognize or give expression to a difference
[M-W's Col. Dic.]

I'm okay with:
to recognize a difference

But I don't understand:
to give expression to a difference

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