avalanche vs slide

slide vs avalanche

avalanche and slide both are nouns.

avalanche and slide both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
avalanche	Yes	No	Yes	No
slide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slide is a hypernym of avalanche; that is, slide is a word with a broader meaning than avalanche:

avalanche: a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
slide: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

avalanche (noun)	slide (noun)
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things	sloping channel through which things can descend
	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
	plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
	(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
	(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

avalanche (verb)	slide (verb)
gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move smoothly along a surface

Difference between avalanche and slide

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