Meanings
present singular third person differentializes · participle present differentializing · participle past differentialized · past differentialized
- rareSynonym of differentiate.
By taking a false analogy—that of a magnetic needle—he had distorted light into two poles, and thus (no less than had formerly been done) had sought to explain colours by differentializing the Unchangeable and Untouchable.
1836, Sarah Austin, Goethe and His Contemporaries1 more example
Manifold as are the disorders and diseases of the organs which are more or less concerned in enabling mankind to draw the “breath of life,” it is no intention of mine to differentialize them, and to apportion to each their relative importance.
1876, J[oseph] H[enry] Shorthouse, “Diseases and Disorders of the Breathing Apparatus”, in The Common Sense of Medicine, 3rd edition, London: A. H. Baily & Co., page 7Synonyms: differentiate, discriminate, distinguish
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of differentiate.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latindifferentiāli
- Englishdifferential
- Englishdifferentialize
From differential + -ize.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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