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country-dance vs dance

dance vs country-dance

country-dance and dance both are nouns.

country-dance and dance both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
country-dance Yes No Yes No
dance Yes No Yes No
As verbs, dance is a hypernym of country-dance; that is, dance is a word with a broader meaning than country-dance:
  • country-dance: perform a contradance
  • dance: move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
Other hypernyms of country-dance include trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe.
country-dance (noun) dance (noun)
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing
country-dance (verb) dance (verb)
perform a contradance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
move in a graceful and rhythmical way
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
Difference between country-dance and dance

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