How to Use differentiate in a Sentence

differentiate

verb

• The only thing that differentiates the twins is the color of their eyes.
• This is an attempt to differentiate it from the more expensive — but equally tasty — Dover sole.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• The law does not differentiate penalties on the basis of quantity.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
• What mutes their emotional impact is the time-jumping aspect that differentiates the movie from similar tales.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
• In some, players must differentiate and recall sounds, patterns and objects, making snap decisions that grow harder as the games progress.
  — Betsy Morris, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
• Still, the Urus remains differentiated (compellingly so, to several thousand buyers around the globe) from anything else on the road.
  — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
• Much of the problem stems from the film’s disingenuous efforts to differentiate the warring parties while signalling fidelity to the historical record.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
• The league just has to do its best to differentiate between the good stuff and the bad stuff.
  — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2017
• The lines that mark the perimeter of the court differentiate between in bounds and out of bounds.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• There’s just not much to differentiate them, and that’s a good thing.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2020
• This helps differentiate them from the rest of Jabra’s closed-style buds.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
• That’s part of what differentiates us from other parts of the state.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• The i and j, hard to differentiate in some fonts, feature unique crowns.
  — Josh Wagner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2020
• But the tough part for them on the stage is to differentiate themselves from each other.
  — Fox News, 2 May 2018
• The department store chain is putting the idea to work to help differentiate its stores.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 5 July 2019
• Here’s how to differentiate them — and decide which one is right for you, or your recipe.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
• And how does anybody differentiate at this point, with the backdrop of the world behind it?
  — al, 2 Mar. 2021
• What differentiates Shanghai Fashion Week from the rest of the world?
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
• As such, one of the chief ways to differentiate your company is on price.
  — Cade Metz, Wired News, 23 Apr. 2015
• The study did not differentiate among low-risk trips, like going to the park, and higher-risk trips, like going to the grocery store.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas and Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 July 2020
• There are a few other things that differentiate this version of the game.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
• But that’s hard to do if there isn’t a generic product in the first place, and the market is more differentiated.
  — Angela Chen, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2018
• There were too many of them, though, with too little to differentiate them.
  — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2019
• Some can even differentiate between the heartbeats of a child and an adult.
  — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 25 June 2024
• Though the lines can be blurred, there are ways to differentiate between the two, Anderson says.
  — Sarah Scott, Parents, 26 Mar. 2024
• The cell followed the same timeline as the neurons of the host mouse, differentiating after about one week.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• In dogs there are no brain regions that fire to differentiate faces.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
• The two differentiate on some things though, including milk: oat for John Owen, and dairy milk for Rob.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• And there are a few other bells and whistles that differentiate it still.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 31 Aug. 2021
• Some parents will name their child the same first name as the father, but call them by their more unique middle name to help differentiate between the two.
  — and Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024