glide vs slide

glide and slide both are nouns.

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

As nouns, glide and slide are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of glide include coast.

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

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

glide (noun)	slide (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	sloping channel through which things can descend
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
	plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
	(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
	(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

glide (verb)	slide (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
fly in or as if in a glider plane	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly	move smoothly along a surface