skank vs dancing

skank and dancing both are nouns.

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

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

skank: a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
dancing: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Other hypernyms of skank include dance, saltation, terpsichore.

skank (noun)	dancing (noun)
a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

skank (verb)	dancing (verb)
dance the skank