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contradance vs longways

longways vs contradance

contradance and longways both are nouns.

contradance is a verb but longways is not a verb.

contradance is not an adverb while longways is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
contradance Yes No Yes No
longways Yes No No Yes
As nouns, longways is a hyponym of contradance; that is, longways is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than contradance:
  • contradance: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
  • longways: country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
Other hyponyms of contradance include longways dance, square dance, square dancing, do-si-do, promenade, sashay, swing, landler.
contradance (noun) longways (noun)
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
contradance (verb) longways (verb)
perform a contradance
contradance (adverb) longways (adverb)
in the direction of the length
Difference between contradance and longways

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