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Phrase(s): differentiate someone or something from someone or something else
1. to recognize the difference between people and things; to tell the difference between people and things. • How do you differentiate this one from that one? • Can you differentiate Bill from Bob? 2. to make people and things different. • I will differentiate this one from that one by painting this one red. • The twins’ mother used different-colored clothing to differentiate Bill from Bob.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs