glide vs speech sound

speech sound vs glide

glide and speech sound both are nouns.

glide is a verb but speech sound is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glide	Yes	No	Yes	No
speech sound	Yes	No	No	No

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

glide: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
speech sound: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Other hypernyms of glide include phone, sound.

glide (noun)	speech sound (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
the activity of flying a glider
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

glide (verb)	speech sound (verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly
fly in or as if in a glider plane
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly

Difference between glide and speech sound

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