In [1] T. Dent, K. Kearnes and Á. Szendrei define the derivative, Σ′, of a set of equations Σ and show, for idempotent Σ, that Σ implies congruence modularity if Σ′ is inconsistent (Σ′ |= x ≈ y). In this paper we investigate other types of derivatives that give similar results for congruence n-permutable for some n, and for congruence semidistributivity. In a recent paper [1] T. Dent, K. Kearne...