dance vs country-dance

country-dance vs dance

dance and country-dance both are nouns.

dance and country-dance both are verbs.

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

As verbs, country-dance is a hyponym of dance; that is, country-dance 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
country-dance: 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, contredanse, 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)	country-dance (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)	country-dance (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

Difference between dance and country-dance

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