paragliding vs glide

paragliding and glide both are nouns.

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

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

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

paragliding (noun)	glide (noun)
gliding in a parasail	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

paragliding (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