flying vs gliding
gliding vs flyingflying and gliding both are nouns.
flying is an adjective but gliding is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flying | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| gliding | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gliding is a hyponym of
flying; that is, gliding is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
flying:
- flying: an instance of traveling by air
- gliding: the activity of flying a glider
Other hyponyms of flying include
acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting, blind flying, blind landing, ballooning, fly-by, flyover, flypast, glide, sailing, sailplaning, soaring, maiden flight, overflight, pass, solo, sortie, low level flight, terrain flight.
| flying (noun) | gliding (noun) |
|---|---|
| an instance of traveling by air | the activity of flying a glider |
| flying (adjective) | gliding (adjective) |
|---|---|
| hurried and brief | |
| moving swiftly |
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