saltation vs saraband

saraband vs saltation

saltation and saraband both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saltation	Yes	No	No	No
saraband	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, saraband is a hyponym of saltation; that is, saraband is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than saltation:

saltation: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
saraband: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

Other hyponyms of saltation include adagio, break dance, break dancing, courante, nauch, nautch, nautch dance, pavan, pavane, phrase, skank, slam dance, slam dancing, hoofing, step dancing, toe dance, toe dancing, choreography, stage dancing, pas seul, variation, duet, pas de deux, pas de trois, pas de quatre, social dancing, mambo, ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing, dab, dabbing, kagura.

saltation (noun)	saraband (noun)
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards	a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music	music composed for dancing the saraband
(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
an abrupt transition
(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

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