trip the light fantastic vs jig

jig vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and jig both are verbs.

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

As verbs, jig is a hyponym of trip the light fantastic; that is, jig 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
jig: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

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, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, grind, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	jig (noun)
	any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
	a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
	a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
	music in three-four time for dancing a jig

trip the light fantastic (verb)	jig (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

Difference between trip the light fantastic and jig

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