differentiate
— Verb
– English
～ mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
differentiated
— Adjective
– English
～ made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different; "the differentiated markings of butterflies"; "the regionally differentiated results"
differentiated
— Adjective
– English
～ exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment
differentiation
— Noun
– English
～ (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
differentiation
— Noun
– English
～ the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
differentiation
— Noun
– English
～ a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
differentiator
— Noun
– English
～ a person who (or that which) differentiates
differently
— Adverb
– English
～ in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"
difficult
— Adjective
– English
～ not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
difficult
— Adjective
– English
～ hard to control; "a difficult child"; "an unmanageable situation"
difficultness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
difficulty
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
difficulty
— Noun
– English
～ a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
difficulty
— Noun
– English
～ a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
difficulty
— Noun
– English
～ an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
diffidence
— Noun
– English
～ lack of self-confidence
diffident
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
diffident
— Adjective
– English
～ showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
diffidently
— Adverb
– English
～ in a diffident manner; "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"