hang gliding vs glide

hang gliding and glide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hang gliding	Yes	No	No	No
glide	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of hang gliding include gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring.

hang gliding (noun)	glide (noun)
gliding in a hang glider	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

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