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Hyphenation vs Syllabification - What's the difference?

hyphenation | syllabification |

As nouns the difference between hyphenation and syllabification

is that hyphenation is the inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens while syllabification is the division of a word into syllables.

hyphenation

English

Noun

(wikipedia hyphenation) (en noun)
  • The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens.
    • Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them.

    See also

    * (hyphenation point)

    syllabification

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the division of a word into syllables.
  • * 1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature'', volume 18, article 23: “Review of William John?ton’s ''A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c. ”, page 237
    • Our author has e?tabli?hed clear practicable rules for articulation, and con?equently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ?yllabification of the Engli?h language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages.
  • * 1926 , (first edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.”
    • syllabize' &c.?A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means?—?1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED):?—?
    ?syllabate 3????syllabation 2
    ?syllabicate 2????syllabication 1
    ?syllabify 2???? ?'''syllabification     1
    ?syllabize 1?????syllabization 3
    One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization     , & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
  • * 1999 , Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation , § 7.1.2, page 203
    • Syllábify'' is a back-formation from ''syllabification'' , which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin ''syllabificare .

    Derived terms

    * (l), (l) (both are non-standard and rare); (l)

    Synonyms

    * syllabation (rare), syllabication

    References

    * “ Syllabification]” listed on page 357 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th) of '' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??Syllabification''' ().?[n. of action f. med.L. ''syllabific?re'', f. ''syllaba'' Syllable: see -fication.]?Formation or construction of syllables; the action or method of dividing words into syllables.?[¶]?'''1838''' Guest ''Engl. Rhythms'' I. 23 The early systems of syllabification.?'''1843''' Poe ''Premature Burial'' Wks. 1864 I. 330 What he said was unintelligible; but..the syllabification was distinct.?'''1862 J. Angus ''Hand-bk. Engl. Tongue     495 Rules of syllabification.?[¶; subentry for “Syllabify” * “ syllabification]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989