dance vs folk dance

folk dance vs dance

dance and folk dance both are nouns.

dance and folk dance both are verbs.

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

As verbs, folk dance is a hyponym of dance; that is, folk 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
folk dance: perform a folk-dance

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

dance (noun)	folk dance (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

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