1@BackFinger-FingerAcross-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerAcross 1@SideChesthigh-1@SideChesthigh

American Sign Language

Alternative forms

• The initial contact and movement apart may be repeated multiple times to indicate that the compared items differ in many ways.
• The movement apart may be small or large to indicate that the compared items differ in a minor or significant way.

Etymology

Compare 1@RadialFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown (“same”).

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “1” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant index finger pointing across, forward, and optionally up. Posture the dominant hand in the “1” handshape with the dominant hand at the back of the extended finger(s) of the nondominant hand, dominant index finger across the nondominant index finger.
  2. Move both hands apart to the following posture.
  3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “1” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and beside the chest. Posture the dominant hand in the “1” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and beside the chest.

GUH Hand	LUH Hand	LUH Move	GUH Move	GUH Hand	LUH Hand
GUH Palm	LUH Palm	Second	Second	GUH Palm	LUH Palm
GUH Position	LUH Separation	Third	Third
1	1	Oppose	GUH Side
Out	Out
	Touching wrapped
	LUH Side

Adjective

(ASL gloss: DIFFERENT)

1. different

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “different”): 1@RadialFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown (“SAME”), Y@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown Sidetoside (“ALIKE”)