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sign language vs fingerspelling

fingerspelling vs sign language

sign language and fingerspelling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sign language Yes No No No
fingerspelling Yes No No No
As nouns, fingerspelling is a hyponym of sign language; that is, fingerspelling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sign language:
  • sign language: language expressed by visible hand gestures
  • fingerspelling: an alphabet of manual signs
Other hyponyms of sign language include finger spelling, American sign language, ASL.
sign language (noun) fingerspelling (noun)
language expressed by visible hand gestures an alphabet of manual signs
Difference between sign language and fingerspelling

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