dash vs cannonball along

cannonball along vs dash

dash is a noun but cannonball along is not a noun.

dash and cannonball along both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dash	Yes	No	Yes	No
cannonball along	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cannonball along is a hypernym of dash; that is, cannonball along is a word with a broader meaning than dash:

dash: run or move very quickly or hastily
cannonball along: move hurridly

Other hypernyms of dash include belt along, bucket along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it.

dash (noun)	cannonball along (noun)
a quick run
the act of moving with great haste
distinctive and stylish elegance
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
a footrace run at top speed

dash (verb)	cannonball along (verb)
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over	move hurridly
add an enlivening or altering element to
hurl or thrust violently
cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
run or move very quickly or hastily
destroy or break

Difference between dash and cannonball along

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