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differentiation
Noun
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Differentiation finding or showing the differences between things.
In the shop, there was no differentiation between product from Asia and product from Europe.
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Differentiation is the process of becoming or making something different.
As the cells grow and divide, differentiation takes place. You can begin to see some as muscle cells, some as blood cells, etc.
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Differentiation is acting different towards different people or situations.
Schools tend to have little formal curricular differentiation between the sexes, except in physical education.
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Differentiation is the process of obtaining the derivative of a function.
between
Preposition
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If mathx/math is between mathy/math and mathz/math, mathy/math is on one side of mathx/math and mathz/math is on the other side.
Georgia is between North Carolina and Florida.
cause
Noun
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A cause is what leads to something happening.
The cause of the fire was lightning.
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A cause is a goal, aim or principle that people support or fight for.
He is fighting for a just cause.
cause
Verb
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To cause something is to make it happen.
His careless driving caused the car accident.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
effect
Noun
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An effect is something that is caused by something else.
His comments had a visible effect on those who heard it.
The effect of the change was small.
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If a law, agreement, change, etc. takes effect, it officially begins.
The closing of the company takes effect at midnight.
The new rules have been in effect since January.
effect
Verb
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If you effect a change, you make it happen.
I will effect the change without your help.