plate glass vs slide

plate glass and slide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plate glass	Yes	No	No	No
slide	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

plate glass: glass formed into large thin sheets
slide: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

Other hyponyms of plate glass include cover glass, cover slip, pane, pane of glass, window glass, microscope slide.

plate glass (noun)	slide (noun)
glass formed into large thin sheets	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.

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