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Definition of differentiate : 1. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
2. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
3. To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of ( a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.
4. To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

Synonyms:

narrate, note, classify, mark off, break up, fork, punctuate, pock, assort, dissociate, score, stand out, sort, break, recount, state, connect, notice, recite, set against, collide, set apart, adapt, furcate, pick out, juxtapose, pit, narrow down, key out, stigmatise, be nothing like, compare, check off, grade, ramify, stick out, secernate, cross off, carve up, brand, check, disunite, set, tell, scar, narrow, recognize, denounce, fall apart, nock, come apart, class, alter, single out, speciate, signalise, sort out, spot, particularise, commemorate, divide, split up, tick off, strike out, describe, same, discover, severalise, severalize, order, vary, tick, name, characterize, make out, say, modify, part, link, singularize, signalize, assure, specialise, disagree, change, label, stigmatize, recognise, tell apart, enjoin, branch, check against, identify, tell/see the difference, secern, key, evidence, particularize, split, cross out, difference, dissever, tag, strike off, oppose, know

differ, contrast, diverge, diversify, contradict, deviate, conflict, clash

specify

distinguish, individualize, discriminate, define, mark, specialize, signify

discern, separate

Usage examples:

• " Better ability to differentiate colors, probably," the girl answered. - "The Next Time We Die", Robert Moore Williams.
• While I can gather the idea that the hand wasn'tinured to hard labor, and that it was a rather long and slender one, it closed so powerfully upon the drippings that the pattern of little lines- the vermiculations which differentiate one man's hand from everybody else's- is merely a blur. - "The Paternoster Ruby", Charles Edmonds Walk.
• The great mass of tragedies, however, differentiate themselves only feebly or slightly from the type. - "Tragedy", Ashley H. Thorndike.