Differentiation vs Disengagement - What's the difference?
differentiation | disengagement |
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.
Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
* 1818 , , Rob Roy , ch. 10,
*:My thanks to you for my speedy disengagement from the ridiculous accusation of Morris.
The separation or release of a chemical.
*1836 , , Astoria , ch. 26,
*:Others have endeavored to account for these discharges of "mountain artillery" on humbler principles; attributing them . . . to the disengagement of hydrogen, produced by subterraneous beds of coal in a state of ignition.
(dated) Leisure]]; relief from [[responsibility, responsibilities or onerous activities.
(military, politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
Termination of an agreement to be married.
(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
*1895 , , Taquisara , ch. 23,
*:There was a quick flash, a disengagement , a feint, a lunge that was like a man's, and as her long left arm shot out like lightning, her foil bent nearly double.
(medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
