slide vs runway

runway vs slide

slide and runway both are nouns.

slide is a verb but runway is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of slide include glacier mill, moulin, coal chute, water chute.

slide (noun)	runway (noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it	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.
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector	a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study	a chute down which logs can slide
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)	runway (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 runway

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