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dif‧fe‧ren‧ti‧ate
1 [intransitive and transitive] to recognize or express the difference between things or people [= distinguish]
differentiate something from something 
It's sometimes hard to differentiate one sample from another.
It's sometimes hard to differentiate one sample from another.2 [transitive] to be the quality, feature etc that makes one thing or person clearly different from another [= distinguish]: What differentiates these two periods of history?
What differentiates these two periods of history? differentiate something from something Its unusual nesting habits differentiate this bird from others.
Its unusual nesting habits differentiate this bird from others.3 [intransitive] to behave differently towards someone or something, especially in an unfair way [= discriminate]
differentiate between a policy which differentiates between men and women
a policy which differentiates between men and women —differentiation
noun [uncountable] socio-economic differentiation
noun [uncountable] socio-economic differentiation