glide vs coast

glide and coast both are nouns.

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

As nouns, glide and coast are synonyms defined as:

glide and coast: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

Other synonyms of glide include slide.

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

Other hyponyms of glide include skid, slew, slide, slip, slue, skitter, snake, skate, plane, skim, surf, surfboard, body-surf, snowboard.

glide (noun)	coast (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
the activity of flying a glider	the area within view
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant	the shore of a sea or ocean
	a slope down which sleds may coast

glide (verb)	coast (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	move effortlessly; by force of gravity
fly in or as if in a glider plane
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly