Dancing and Playing

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Dancing noun - Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.

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Playing and dancing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Playing" instead an adjective "Dancing".

Nearby Words: dance, danced, dancer

Playing noun - The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.

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Dancing and playing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dancing" instead an adjective "Playing".

Nearby Words: play, played, playful, player, playable

It eventually grows into a huge block party, with a montage of all the characters dancing or playing makeshift instruments.

Source: Trash Can Band
This video by hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling, "Shadows", has Lindsey playing and dancing alongside her own shadow, similar to Fred Astaire's "Bojangles of Harlem" number listed above.

Source: Living Shadow
When he's not keeping himself to himself, he's going around demanding people's attention by displaying interpretive dancing or playing his clarinet really loudly.

Source: Attention Whore / Western Animation

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