Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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“Differentiating” is a form of

differentiate

UK /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ · US /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/ verb, noun

Forms differentiates differentiating differentiated

  1. verb To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
  2. verb To show or be the difference or distinction between things. “What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?”
  3. verb To recognize as different or distinct. “How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one?”
  4. verb (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
  5. verb (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
  6. verb To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
  7. verb (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
  8. verb (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
  9. noun (geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.

Synonyms

change differentialize specialize transform differentialize (rare) ? distinguish individualize particularize severalize separate secern secernate severalise tell tell apart mark speciate specialise

Antonyms

conflate equate mix up muddle up leave alone preserve integrate dedifferentiate

Etymology

From New Latin differentiātus, perfect passive participle of differentiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
  2. verb To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate. Earle.
  3. verb To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “differentiate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details