dance vs grind

dance and grind both are nouns.

dance and grind both are verbs.

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

As verbs, grind is a hyponym of dance; that is, grind 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
grind: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

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, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, twerk.

dance (noun)	grind (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
an artistic form of nonverbal communication	hard monotonous routine work
a party for social dancing	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
a party of people assembled for dancing	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

dance (verb)	grind (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
move in a graceful and rhythmical way	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways	press or grind with a crushing noise
	shape or form by grinding
	created by grinding
	dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
	work hard

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