differentiation
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a discrimination between things as different and distinct
it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
Types & categories
- discrimination hypernym
- contradistinction hyponym
- dividing line hyponym
- hairsplitting hyponym
Related & opposite
- differentiate derivation
- differentiate derivation
- differentiate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
Types & categories
- mathematical process hypernym
Related & opposite
- differentiate derivation
Sense 3 noun
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
cell differentiation in the developing embryo
Types & categories
- adaption hypernym
Related & opposite
- speciate derivation
- differentiate derivation
- biology domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discrimination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contradistinction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dividing line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hairsplitting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mathematical process |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | speciate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | differentiate |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | adaption |