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Differentiation vs Antithesis - What's the difference?

differentiation | antithesis |

As nouns the difference between differentiation and antithesis

is that differentiation is differentiation (all senses) while antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

differentiation

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of differentiating.
  • The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
  • The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
  • (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
  • (calculus) The process of determining the derived function of a function.
  • Derived terms

    * cellular differentiation * evolutionary differentiation * planetary differentiation

    antithesis

    English

    Noun

    (antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
  • Antonyms

    * epitome