trip the light fantastic vs shag

shag vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and shag both are verbs.

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

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

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, 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, grind, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	shag (noun)
	a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
	slang for sexual intercourse
	a fabric with long coarse nap
	a matted tangle of hair or fiber
	a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

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

Difference between trip the light fantastic and shag

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