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longways vs country-dance

country-dance vs longways

longways and country-dance both are nouns.

longways is not a verb while country-dance is a verb.

longways is an adverb but country-dance is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
longways Yes No No Yes
country-dance Yes No Yes No
As nouns, country-dance is a hypernym of longways; that is, country-dance is a word with a broader meaning than longways:
  • longways: country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
  • country-dance: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
Other hypernyms of longways include contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing.
longways (noun) country-dance (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) country-dance (verb)
perform a contradance
longways (adverb) country-dance (adverb)
in the direction of the length
Difference between longways and country-dance

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