flight vs glide

glide vs flight

flight and glide both are nouns.

flight and glide both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flight	Yes	No	Yes	No
glide	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

flight: an instance of traveling by air
glide: the activity of flying a glider

Other hyponyms of flight include acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting, blind flying, blind landing, ballooning, fly-by, flyover, flypast, gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring, maiden flight, overflight, pass, solo, sortie, low level flight, terrain flight.

flight (noun)	glide (noun)
an instance of traveling by air	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
the act of escaping physically	the activity of flying a glider
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports	a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
a formation of aircraft in flight
a flock of flying birds
the path followed by an object moving through space

flight (verb)	glide (verb)
decorate with feathers	move smoothly and effortlessly
fly in a flock	fly in or as if in a glider plane
shoot a bird in flight	cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Difference between flight and glide

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