submarine vs slide

slide vs submarine

submarine and slide both are nouns.

submarine is an adjective but slide is not an adjective.

submarine and slide both are verbs.

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

As verbs, slide is a hypernym of submarine; that is, slide is a word with a broader meaning than submarine:

submarine: move forward or under in a sliding motion
slide: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

Other hypernyms of submarine include skid, slew, slip, slue.

submarine (noun)	slide (noun)
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States	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.

submarine (adjective)	slide (adjective)
beneath the surface of the sea

submarine (verb)	slide (verb)
attack by submarine	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
bring down with a blow to the legs	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
throw with an underhand motion	move smoothly along a surface
control a submarine
move forward or under in a sliding motion

Difference between submarine and slide

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