runway vs chute

runway and chute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
runway	Yes	No	No	No
chute	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, chute is a hypernym of runway; that is, chute is a word with a broader meaning than runway:

Other hypernyms of runway include slide, slideway, sloping trough.

runway (noun)	chute (noun)
a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land	sloping channel through which things can descend
a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.	rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
a chute down which logs can slide

runway (verb)	chute (verb)
	jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute