slide vs landslide

landslide vs slide

slide and landslide both are nouns.

slide is a verb but landslide is not a verb.

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

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

slide: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
landslide: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

Other hyponyms of slide include avalanche, landslip.

slide (noun)	landslide (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
sloping channel through which things can descend	an overwhelming electoral victory
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)	landslide (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 landslide

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