trip the light fantastic vs rhumba

rhumba vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and rhumba both are verbs.

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

As verbs, rhumba is a hyponym of trip the light fantastic; that is, rhumba 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
rhumba: dance the rhumba

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, rumba, mosh, slam, slam dance, thrash, jig, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, grind, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	rhumba (noun)
	a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
	a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
	syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

trip the light fantastic (verb)	rhumba (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	dance the rhumba

Difference between trip the light fantastic and rhumba

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