differentiator
差別化要因
解説 Definition
差別化要因またはユニークセリングポイント。企業や製品が競合他社と異なる特性。
A differentiator is a feature or quality that makes someone or something clearly different from others. It is often used in business, marketing, and product comparisons to describe what helps something stand out.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
different（違う）と differentiate（差別化する）が頭にあれば、differentiator は「違いを生み、目立たせるもの」とつながる。語尾 -or は actor, creator などと同じで「〜するもの／人」。単なる difference（違い）ではなく、競合と比べて『相手に選ばれる決め手』になる点が重要。key differentiator, major differentiator, product differentiator の形でまとめて覚えると、ビジネス文脈で定着しやすい。
Begin with different and differentiate. Then notice the ending -or, which often means a thing or person that does something, like creator or actor. So a differentiator is something that creates a clear difference, especially in phrases like key differentiator.
例文
The company's differentiator was its superior customer service quality.
同社の差別化要因は優れたカスタマーサービス品質であった。
Price was the primary differentiator in the competitive market.
価格は競争市場における主要な差別化要因であった。
The differentiator helped the startup stand out from established competitors.
差別化要因は、スタートアップが確立された競合他社から目立つのに役立った。
differentiator の類義語・関連語
differentiator の語源・成り立ち Etymology
differentiator はラテン語 differre『運び分ける』に由来する differentiate に、-or が付いた語。dis-『離れて』+ ferre『運ぶ』で、『他と分けて違いを際立たせるもの』という発想が見える。関連語は different, transfer。
Differentiator comes from differentiate, with the agent ending -or added. Differentiate goes back to Latin differre, literally "to carry apart," from dis- "apart" and ferre "to carry." From that idea of separating things, the word came to mean marking or showing a difference clearly. It is related to English words like different and transfer.
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