Salsa and tango are among the most popular Latin dances of today. Yet, despite their similarities, these two dance forms are easy to distinguish from one another. Foremost, tango is much more intimate and mainly necessitates a sensual embrace, unlike salsa, which only requires simple holding hands and staring at each other while swinging. Salsa dancing also encourages more energetic steps, patterns, and movements, hence the best pick if you aim to burn more calories.