pavane vs dancing

pavane and dancing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pavane	Yes	No	No	No
dancing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dancing is a hypernym of pavane; that is, dancing is a word with a broader meaning than pavane:

pavane: a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries
dancing: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Other hypernyms of pavane include dance, saltation, terpsichore.

pavane (noun)	dancing (noun)
a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
music composed for dancing the pavane