Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DIFFERENTIATING
Verb
differentiating
present participle of differentiate
Source: Wiktionary
DIFFERENTIATE
Dif`fer*en"ti*ate, v. t.
1. 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. The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than. Earle. Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become differentiated in signification. Dr. Murray.
2. 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. Earle.
3. (Math.)
Definition: To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.
Dif`fer*en"ti*ate, v. i. (Biol.)
Definition: To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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