ballroom dancing vs Charleston

Charleston vs ballroom dancing

ballroom dancing and Charleston both are nouns.

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

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

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

ballroom dancing: 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 dancing 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 dancing (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 dancing (verb)	Charleston (verb)
	dance the Charleston

Difference between ballroom dancing and Charleston

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