glide vs soar

glide and soar both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of glide include kite, sailplane.

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

glide (verb)	soar (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly	go or move upward
fly in or as if in a glider plane	fly upwards or high in the sky
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly	rise rapidly
	fly a plane without an engine
	fly by means of a hang glider