How will you distinguish between Ammonium hydroxide and Sodium hydroxide solution using Copper sulphate solution?

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Ammonium hydroxide $({NH}_{4} OH)$ Sodium hydroxide $(NaOH)$
1. Adding ${NH}_{4} OH$ to ${CuSO}_{4}$ solution produces a pale blue precipitate. 1. Adding $NaOH$ to ${CuSO}_{4}$ solution produces a bluish white precipitate.
2. This pale blue ppt. is soluble in excess of ${NH}_{4} OH$ and turns the solution to deep blue. 2. This bluish white ppt. is insoluble in excess of $NaOH$ .
3. ${CuSO}_{4} (s) + 2 {NH}_{4} OH (l) \to Cu {(OH)}_{2} (aq) + {({NH}_{4})}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) Copper Sulphate + Ammonium hydroxide \to Copper hydroxide + Ammonium sulphate (pale blue ppt .)$ ${CuSO}_{4} (aq) + 2 NaOH (aq) \to Cu {(OH)}_{2} (s) + {Na}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) Copper Sulphate + Sodium hydroxide \to Copper hydroxide + Sodium sulphate (Bluish white ppt .)$
4. $Cu {(OH)}_{2} (aq) + 2 {NH}_{4} OH (l) + {({NH}_{4})}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) \to [Cu {({NH}_{3})}_{4}] {SO}_{4} (aq) + 4 H_{2} O (l) Copper hydroxide + Ammonium hydroxide + Ammonium sulphate \to Tetraamminecopper (II) sulphate + water . (deep blue ppt .)$

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Ammonium hydroxide $({NH}_{4} OH)$	Sodium hydroxide $(NaOH)$
1. Adding ${NH}_{4} OH$ to ${CuSO}_{4}$ solution produces a pale blue precipitate.	1. Adding $NaOH$ to ${CuSO}_{4}$ solution produces a bluish white precipitate.
2. This pale blue ppt. is soluble in excess of ${NH}_{4} OH$ and turns the solution to deep blue.	2. This bluish white ppt. is insoluble in excess of $NaOH$ .
3. ${CuSO}_{4} (s) + 2 {NH}_{4} OH (l) \to Cu {(OH)}_{2} (aq) + {({NH}_{4})}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) Copper Sulphate + Ammonium hydroxide \to Copper hydroxide + Ammonium sulphate (pale blue ppt .)$	${CuSO}_{4} (aq) + 2 NaOH (aq) \to Cu {(OH)}_{2} (s) + {Na}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) Copper Sulphate + Sodium hydroxide \to Copper hydroxide + Sodium sulphate (Bluish white ppt .)$
4. $Cu {(OH)}_{2} (aq) + 2 {NH}_{4} OH (l) + {({NH}_{4})}_{2} {SO}_{4} (aq) \to [Cu {({NH}_{3})}_{4}] {SO}_{4} (aq) + 4 H_{2} O (l) Copper hydroxide + Ammonium hydroxide + Ammonium sulphate \to Tetraamminecopper (II) sulphate + water . (deep blue ppt .)$