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What is the difference between differentiation and integration?

Differentiation finds a rate/slope from a function; integration reverses it to recover the function or find accumulated area.

Differentiation finds a rate/slope from a function; integration reverses it to recover the function or find accumulated area. A reliable way to keep them apart is to focus on what each one is defined by, not just the similar-sounding words.

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