dance vs contredanse

contredanse vs dance

dance and contredanse both are nouns.

dance and contredanse both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dance	Yes	No	Yes	No
contredanse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, contredanse is a hyponym of dance; that is, contredanse 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
contredanse: perform a contradance

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, country-dance, break-dance, break, break dance, cakewalk, conga, samba, two-step, Charleston, boogie, cha-cha, 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)	contredanse (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

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