glide vs kite

glide and kite both are nouns.

glide and kite both are verbs.

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

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

glide: fly in or as if in a glider plane
kite: soar or fly like a kite

Other hyponyms of glide include sailplane, soar.

glide (noun)	kite (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
the activity of flying a glider	plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant	a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
	a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

glide (verb)	kite (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	fly a kite
fly in or as if in a glider plane	soar or fly like a kite
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly	get credit or money by using a bad check
	increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

Difference between glide and kite

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