palatal vs glide

glide vs palatal

palatal and glide both are nouns.

palatal is an adjective but glide is not an adjective.

palatal is not a verb while glide is a verb.

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

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

palatal: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
glide: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

Other hypernyms of palatal include semivowel.

palatal (noun)	glide (noun)
a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')	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

palatal (adjective)	glide (adjective)
relating to or lying near the palate
produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')

palatal (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

Difference between palatal and glide

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