Rance vs Dance - What's the difference?
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A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
(Scotland) A prop or shore.
A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.
(Webster 1913)
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
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*:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances ; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
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*:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances ; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
(lb) A fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
(lb) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
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*:They stayed together during three dances , went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
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, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance , Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
* Byron
To perform the steps to.
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
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1000 English basic words
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As a noun rance
is a type of coloured marble from belgium rance is red and often has white or blue graining.As a verb dance is
.rance
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(en noun)Anagrams
* ----dance
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Alternative forms
* daunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* dance music * dirty dance * fan dance * line dance * * war danceVerb
(danc)- Shadows in the glassy waters dance .
- to dance our ringlets to the whistling wind
- Thy grandsire loved thee well; / Many a time he danced thee on his knee.