Delineate vs. Differentiate — What's the Difference?

To draw or depict

Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different

To describe or characterize in words

Make or become different in the process of growth or development

To mark, form, or show the outline or border of

Transform (a function) into its derivative.

To establish the position of (a border)

To constitute the distinction between

To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish

To perceive or show the difference in or between; discriminate.

To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

To make different by alteration or modification.

To depict, represent with pictures.

(Mathematics) To calculate the derivative or differential of (a function).

To describe or depict with words or gestures.

To become distinct or specialized; acquire a different character.

To outline or mark out.

To make distinctions; discriminate.

Delineated; portrayed.

(Biology) To undergo differentiation.

To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

(transitive) To show, or be the distinction between two things.

To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

(intransitive) To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.

Delineate the form or outline of;

To modify, or be modified.

Determine the essential quality of

To calculate the derivative of a function.

Trace the shape of

To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.

Make a mark or lines on a surface;

To produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions by a process of development called differentiation.

Describe in vivid detail

(geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.

Represented accurately or precisely

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.

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.

To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

To acquire a distinct and separate character.

Mark as different;

Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense;

Calculate a derivative; take the derivative

Become different during development;

Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

Become distinct and acquire a different character