glide vs motion

motion vs glide

glide and motion both are nouns.

glide and motion both are verbs.

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

As nouns, motion is a hypernym of glide; that is, motion is a word with a broader meaning than glide:

glide: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
motion: the act of changing location from one place to another

Other hypernyms of glide include move, movement.

glide (noun)	motion (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
the activity of flying a glider	the act of changing location from one place to another
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant	the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
	a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
	a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
	a state of change

glide (verb)	motion (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	show, express or direct through movement
fly in or as if in a glider plane
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Difference between glide and motion

Words related to "motion"

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