Hyphenation of distinguish

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

dis-tin-guish

Definitions of distinguish:

1.	Mark as different We distinguish several kinds of maple
2.	Detect with the senses The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can't make out the faces in this photograph
3.	Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait Sometimes in a very positive sense His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
4.	Make conspicuous or noteworthy
5.	Identify as in botany or biology, for example

Synonyms of distinguish:

verb	separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart, identify, place
verb	recognize, recognise, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
verb	mark, differentiate, qualify, characterize, characterise
verb	signalize, signalise, mark
verb	identify, discover, key, key out, describe, name

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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.