descent vs slide

slide vs descent

descent and slide both are nouns.

descent is not a verb while slide is a verb.

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

As nouns, slide is a hyponym of descent; that is, slide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than descent:

descent: a movement downward
slide: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

Other hyponyms of descent include drop, fall, lightening, set, cascade, shower, sinking.

descent (noun)	slide (noun)
the act of changing your location in a downward direction	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
properties attributable to your ancestry	sloping channel through which things can descend
a movement downward	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
the hereditary derivation of an individual	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
a downward slope or bend	plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors	(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
	(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

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

Difference between descent and slide

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