rumba vs folk dancing
folk dancing vs rumbarumba and folk dancing both are nouns.
rumba is a verb but folk dancing is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rumba | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| folk dancing | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
folk dancing is a hypernym of
rumba; that is, folk dancing is a
word with a broader meaning than rumba:
- rumba: a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
- folk dancing: a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
Other hypernyms of rumba include
folk dance.
| rumba (noun) | folk dancing (noun) |
|---|---|
| a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement | a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) |
| a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance | |
| syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba |
| rumba (verb) | folk dancing (verb) |
|---|---|
| dance the rhumba |
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