dance vs disco

dance and disco both are nouns.

dance and disco both are verbs.

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

As verbs, disco is a hyponym of dance; that is, disco 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
disco: dance to disco music

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, cha-cha, mambo, polka, one-step, rhumba, rumba, mosh, slam, slam dance, thrash, jig, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, grind, twerk.

dance (noun)	disco (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
an artistic form of nonverbal communication	popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

Difference between dance and disco

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