glide vs skitter

glide is a noun but skitter is not a noun.

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

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

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

glide (noun)	skitter (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
the activity of flying a glider
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

glide (verb)	skitter (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
fly in or as if in a glider plane	cause to skip over a surface
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly	to move about or proceed hurriedly
	glide easily along a surface