hoofer vs dancer

hoofer and dancer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hoofer	Yes	No	No	No
dancer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dancer is a hypernym of hoofer; that is, dancer is a word with a broader meaning than hoofer:

Other hypernyms of hoofer include professional dancer, terpsichorean.

hoofer (noun)	dancer (noun)
a professional dancer	a performer who dances professionally
	a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)