dash vs hotfoot

hotfoot vs dash

dash and hotfoot both are nouns.

dash and hotfoot both are verbs.

dash is not an adverb while hotfoot is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dash	Yes	No	Yes	No
hotfoot	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

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

dash: run or move very quickly or hastily
hotfoot: move hurridly

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

dash (noun)	hotfoot (noun)
a quick run	a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
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)	hotfoot (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

dash (adverb)	hotfoot (adverb)
	without delay; speedily

Difference between dash and hotfoot

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