differentiate
verb (used with object)
to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Yet many observers have argued that investors merely have been differentiating between those nations that are good risks and those that are not.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2010