dance vs rave

dance and rave both are nouns.

dance and rave both are verbs.

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

As nouns, rave is a hyponym of dance; that is, rave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dance:

dance: a party for social dancing
rave: a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played

Other hyponyms of dance include ball, formal, barn dance, hop, record hop.

dance (noun)	rave (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	an extravagantly enthusiastic review
an artistic form of nonverbal communication	a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

dance (verb)	rave (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	praise enthusiastically
move in a graceful and rhythmical way	talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways	participate in an all-night techno dance party

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