contra danse vs country-dance

contra danse and country-dance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contra danse	Yes	No	Yes	No
country-dance	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, contra danse and country-dance are synonyms defined as:

contra danse and country-dance: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

Other synonyms of contra danse include contradance, contredanse, country dancing.

As verbs, contra danse and country-dance are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of contra danse include contradance, contredanse.

contra danse (noun)	country-dance (noun)
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line	a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

contra danse (verb)	country-dance (verb)
perform a contradance	perform a contradance