ballroom dance vs Charleston

Charleston vs ballroom dance

ballroom dance and Charleston both are nouns.

ballroom dance is not a verb while Charleston is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ballroom dance	Yes	No	No	No
Charleston	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, Charleston is a hyponym of ballroom dance; that is, Charleston is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ballroom dance:

ballroom dance: any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Charleston: an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century

Other hyponyms of ballroom dance include beguine, carioca, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha, one-step, fox-trot, foxtrot, two-step, bunny hug, conga, cotilion, cotillion, minuet, paso doble, quickstep, rhumba, rumba, samba, round dance, round dancing, tango, valse, waltz.

ballroom dance (noun)	Charleston (noun)
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom	an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century
	a port city in southeastern South Carolina
	state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river

ballroom dance (verb)	Charleston (verb)
	dance the Charleston

Difference between ballroom dance and Charleston

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