slide vs glacier mill

glacier mill vs slide

slide and glacier mill both are nouns.

slide is a verb but glacier mill is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slide	Yes	No	Yes	No
glacier mill	Yes	No	No	No

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

slide: sloping channel through which things can descend
glacier mill: a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation

Other hyponyms of slide include moulin, coal chute, runway, water chute.

slide (noun)	glacier mill (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation
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.

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

Difference between slide and glacier mill

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