Hyphenation of preferential

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word preferential? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

pref-er-en-tial

Definitions of preferential:

1.	Manifesting partiality A discriminatory tax Preferential tariff rates Preferential treatment A preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting

Synonyms of preferential:

adj	discriminatory, advantageous

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.