dance vs jig

dance and jig both are nouns.

dance and jig both are verbs.

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

As verbs, jig is a hyponym of dance; that is, jig 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
jig: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

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

dance (noun)	jig (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
an artistic form of nonverbal communication	a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
a party for social dancing	a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
a party of people assembled for dancing	music in three-four time for dancing a jig

dance (verb)	jig (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
move in a graceful and rhythmical way
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways

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