trip the light fantastic toe vs cakewalk

cakewalk vs trip the light fantastic toe

trip the light fantastic toe is not a noun while cakewalk is a noun.

trip the light fantastic toe and cakewalk both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trip the light fantastic toe	No	No	Yes	No
cakewalk	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cakewalk is a hyponym of trip the light fantastic toe; that is, cakewalk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trip the light fantastic toe:

trip the light fantastic toe: move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
cakewalk: perform the cakewalk dance

Other hyponyms of trip the light fantastic toe 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, 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 toe (noun)	cakewalk (noun)
	a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
	an easy accomplishment

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

Difference between trip the light fantastic toe and cakewalk

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