Differential
Differential adjective - Favoring, applying, or being unequal treatment of different classes of people.
Usage example: did away with differential pay scales for men and women doing the same work
Selective and differential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selective" instead an adjective "Differential".
Selective
Selective adjective - Tending to select carefully.
Differential and selective are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Differential" instead an adjective "Selective".
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