trip the light fantastic vs thrash

thrash vs trip the light fantastic

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

trip the light fantastic and thrash both are verbs.

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

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

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

trip the light fantastic (noun)	thrash (noun)
	a swimming kick used while treading water

trip the light fantastic (verb)	thrash (verb)
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance	give a thrashing to; beat hard
	beat the seeds out of a grain
	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
	dance the slam dance
	move or stir about violently
	beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
	move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

Difference between trip the light fantastic and thrash

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