identify vs differentiate

identify and differentiate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
identify	No	No	Yes	No
differentiate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, differentiate is a hyponym of identify; that is, differentiate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than identify:

identify: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
differentiate: mark as different

Other hyponyms of identify include distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart.

identify (verb)	differentiate (verb)
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something	become distinct and acquire a different character
identify as in botany or biology, for example	become different during development
consider to be equal or the same	evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
conceive of as united or associated	calculate a derivative; take the derivative
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else	mark as different
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property	be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

identify vs differentiate

identify and differentiate both are verbs.

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