surf vs glide

surf and glide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surf	Yes	No	Yes	No
glide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, glide is a hypernym of surf; that is, glide is a word with a broader meaning than surf:

surf (noun)	glide (noun)
waves breaking on the shore	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
	the activity of flying a glider
	a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

surf (verb)	glide (verb)
switch channels, on television	move smoothly and effortlessly
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular	fly in or as if in a glider plane
ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard	cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly