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Differentiation vs Differentiative - What's the difference?

differentiation | differentiative |

As a noun differentiation

is differentiation (all senses).

As an adjective differentiative is

that differentiates, or causes differentiation.

differentiation

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of differentiating.
  • The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
  • The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
  • (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
  • (calculus) The process of determining the derived function of a function.
  • Derived terms

    * cellular differentiation * evolutionary differentiation * planetary differentiation

    differentiative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That differentiates, or causes differentiation