clearing vs glade

clearing and glade both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clearing	Yes	No	No	No
glade	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clearing and glade are synonyms defined as:

clearing and glade: a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

clearing (noun)	glade (noun)
the act of freeing from suspicion	a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area