snake dance vs ritual dancing

snake dance and ritual dancing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snake dance	Yes	No	No	No
ritual dancing	Yes	No	No	No

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

snake dance: a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
ritual dancing: a dance that is part of a religious ritual

Other hypernyms of snake dance include ceremonial dance, ritual dance.

snake dance (noun)	ritual dancing (noun)
a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked	a dance that is part of a religious ritual
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