glide vs skim

glide and skim both are nouns.

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

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

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

glide (noun)	skim (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	reading or glancing through quickly
the activity of flying a glider	a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

glide (adjective)	skim (adjective)
	used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

glide (verb)	skim (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	read superficially
fly in or as if in a glider plane	move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly	remove from the surface
	cause to skip over a surface
	coat (a liquid) with a layer
	travel on the surface of water
	examine hastily