dance vs jive

dance and jive both are nouns.

dance and jive both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of dance include 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, grind, twerk.

dance (noun)	jive (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

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