dance vs jitterbug

jitterbug vs dance

dance and jitterbug both are nouns.

dance and jitterbug both are verbs.

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

As verbs, jitterbug is a hyponym of dance; that is, jitterbug 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
jitterbug: do the jitterbug

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

dance (noun)	jitterbug (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

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