longways vs contra danse

longways and contra danse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
longways	Yes	No	No	Yes
contra danse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, contra danse is a hypernym of longways; that is, contra danse is a word with a broader meaning than longways:

longways: country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
contra danse: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

Other hypernyms of longways include contradance, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing.

longways (noun)	contra danse (noun)
country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other	a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

longways (verb)	contra danse (verb)
	perform a contradance

longways (adverb)	contra danse (adverb)
in the direction of the length