trip the light fantastic vs grind

grind vs trip the light fantastic

trip the light fantastic is not a noun while grind is a noun.

trip the light fantastic and grind both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trip the light fantastic	No	No	Yes	No
grind	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, grind is a hyponym of trip the light fantastic; that is, grind is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trip the light fantastic:

trip the light fantastic: move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
grind: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

Other hyponyms of trip the light fantastic include jive, hoof, clog, tap dance, belly dance, heel, shimmy, bebop, bop, bump, twist, waltz, waltz around, tap, tapdance, tango, shag, foxtrot, contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country-dance, break-dance, break, break dance, cakewalk, conga, samba, two-step, Charleston, boogie, cha-cha, disco, mambo, polka, one-step, rhumba, rumba, mosh, slam, slam dance, thrash, jig, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	grind (noun)
	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
	hard monotonous routine work
	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

trip the light fantastic (verb)	grind (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
	press or grind with a crushing noise
	shape or form by grinding
	created by grinding
	dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
	work hard

Difference between trip the light fantastic and grind

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