dance vs tango

dance and tango both are nouns.

dance and tango both are verbs.

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

As verbs, tango is a hyponym of dance; that is, tango 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
tango: dance a tango

Other hyponyms of dance include jive, hoof, clog, tap dance, belly dance, heel, shimmy, bebop, bop, bump, twist, waltz, waltz around, tap, tapdance, 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)	tango (noun)
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
an artistic form of nonverbal communication	music written in duple time for dancing the tango
a party for social dancing
a party of people assembled for dancing

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

Difference between dance and tango

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