jitterbug vs dance

jitterbug and dance both are nouns.

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

As verbs, dance is a hypernym of jitterbug; that is, dance is a word with a broader meaning than jitterbug:

jitterbug: do the jitterbug
dance: move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance

Other hypernyms of jitterbug include trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe.

jitterbug (noun)	dance (noun)
a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
	an artistic form of nonverbal communication
	a party for social dancing
	a party of people assembled for dancing

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