slide vs glissando

glissando vs slide

slide and glissando both are nouns.

slide is a verb but glissando is not a verb.

slide is not an adverb while glissando is an adverb.

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

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

slide: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
glissando: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

slide (noun)	glissando (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
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)	glissando (verb)
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
move smoothly along a surface

slide (adverb)	glissando (adverb)
	(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

Difference between slide and glissando

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