foil vs slide

foil and slide both are nouns.

foil and slide both are verbs.

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

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

foil: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
slide: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

Other hyponyms of foil include lantern slide, overhead, viewgraph.

foil (noun)	slide (noun)
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal	sloping channel through which things can descend
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities	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.

foil (verb)	slide (verb)
cover or back with foil	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
enhance by contrast	move smoothly along a surface

Difference between foil and slide

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