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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