trip the light fantastic vs skank

skank vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and skank both are verbs.

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

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

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, grind, twerk.

trip the light fantastic (noun)	skank (noun)
	a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
	any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

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

Difference between trip the light fantastic and skank

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