ballroom dancing vs round dance

round dance vs ballroom dancing

ballroom dancing and round dance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ballroom dancing	Yes	No	No	No
round dance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, round dance is a hyponym of ballroom dancing; that is, round dance 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
round dance: a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

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

ballroom dancing (noun)	round dance (noun)
any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom	a folk dance; dancers form a circle
	a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement

Difference between ballroom dancing and round dance

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