cover slip vs slide

cover slip and slide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cover slip	Yes	No	No	No
slide	Yes	No	Yes	No

cover slip (noun)	slide (noun)
a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
	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.

cover slip (verb)	slide (verb)
	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move smoothly along a surface