read vs skim over

skim over vs read

read is a noun but skim over is not a noun.

read and skim over both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
read	Yes	No	Yes	No
skim over	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, skim over is a hyponym of read; that is, skim over is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than read:

read: interpret something that is written or printed
skim over: read superficially

Other hyponyms of read include anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize, reread, dip into, decipher, trace, skim, lip-read, lipread, speech-read.

read (noun)	skim over (noun)
something that is read

read (verb)	skim over (verb)
interpret something that is written or printed	read superficially
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed	move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
make sense of a language
be a student of a certain subject
obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
to hear and understand
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
have or contain a certain wording or form

Difference between read and skim over

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