Associations to the word «Differentia»

Wiktionary

DIFFERENTIA, noun. (semantics) (logic) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family.
DIFFERENTIA, noun. (taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus.

Dictionary definition

DIFFERENTIA, noun. Distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky