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Phrase(s): differentiate between someone or something and someone or something else
1. to recognize the difference between people or things in any combination. (Usually refers to two entities.) • In your painting, I cannot differentiate between the costume of the figure in front and the flowers in the background. • Can’t you differentiate between Billy and his brother? • I can’t differentiate between a donkey and a burro. 2. to establish or create the difference between people or things. • Why don’t you paint in some highlights to differentiate between the figure in the foreground and the flowers in the background?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs