trip the light fantastic vs shimmy

shimmy vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and shimmy both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of trip the light fantastic include jive, hoof, clog, tap dance, belly dance, heel, 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, grind, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	shimmy (noun)
	lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips
	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
	an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)

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

Difference between trip the light fantastic and shimmy

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