runway vs slide

slide vs runway

runway and slide both are nouns.

runway is not a verb while slide is a verb.

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

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

runway: a chute down which logs can slide
slide: sloping channel through which things can descend

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

runway (noun)	slide (noun)
a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.	sloping channel through which things can descend
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a chute down which logs can slide	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.

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

Difference between runway and slide

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