glissando vs slide

slide vs glissando

glissando and slide both are nouns.

glissando is not a verb while slide is a verb.

glissando is an adverb but slide is not an adverb.

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

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

glissando: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
slide: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

Other hyponyms of glissando include swoop.

glissando (noun)	slide (noun)
a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
	sloping channel through which things can descend
	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.

glissando (verb)	slide (verb)
	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move smoothly along a surface

glissando (adverb)	slide (adverb)
(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

Difference between glissando and slide

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