Hyphenation of distinction

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word distinction? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dis-tinc-tion

Definitions of distinction:

1.	A discrimination between things as different and distinct It is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
2.	High status importance owing to marked superiority A scholar of great eminence
3.	A distinguishing quality It has the distinction of being the cheapest restaurant in town
4.	A distinguishing difference He learned the distinction between gold and lead

Synonyms of distinction:

noun	differentiation, discrimination, secernment
noun	eminence, preeminence, note, high status
noun	quality
noun	difference

Last hyphenations of this language

diversity lamasery Lutheranism foxtail reassign howsoever bareness Canaveral vociferative hornpipe expansiveness actinide academician homophobic overbite Borden colocolic masticate remodel

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.