collide vs crash

collide is not a noun while crash is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
collide	No	No	Yes	No
crash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crash is a hyponym of collide; that is, crash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than collide:

Other hyponyms of collide include smash, shock, ram.

As verbs, crash is a hyponym of collide; that is, crash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than collide:

collide (noun)	crash (noun)
	the act of colliding with something
	a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
	a loud resonant repeating noise
	a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
	(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

collide (verb)	crash (verb)
crash together with violent impact	sleep in a convenient place
cause to collide	stop operating
be incompatible; be or come into conflict	undergo a sudden and severe downturn
	undergo damage or destruction on impact
	break violently or noisily; smash
	cause to crash
	hurl or thrust violently
	enter uninvited; informal
	move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
	fall or come down violently
	move violently as through a barrier
	make a sudden loud sound
	occupy, usually uninvited