dance vs cha-cha

cha-cha vs dance

dance and cha-cha both are nouns.

dance and cha-cha both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dance	Yes	No	Yes	No
cha-cha	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cha-cha is a hyponym of dance; that is, cha-cha is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dance:

dance: move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
cha-cha: dance the cha-cha

Other hyponyms of dance include jive, hoof, clog, tap dance, belly dance, heel, shimmy, bebop, bop, bump, twist, waltz, waltz around, tap, tapdance, tango, shag, foxtrot, contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country-dance, break-dance, break, break dance, cakewalk, conga, samba, two-step, Charleston, boogie, disco, mambo, polka, one-step, rhumba, rumba, mosh, slam, slam dance, thrash, jig, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, grind, twerk.

dance (noun)	cha-cha (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

dance (verb)	cha-cha (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	dance the cha-cha
move in a graceful and rhythmical way
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

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