trough vs slide

slide vs trough

trough and slide both are nouns.

trough is not a verb while slide is a verb.

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

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

trough: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
slide: sloping channel through which things can descend

Other hyponyms of trough include chute, slideway, sloping trough, cullis.

trough (noun)	slide (noun)
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater	the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed	sloping channel through which things can descend
a long narrow shallow receptacle	a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
a treasury for government funds	plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
a concave shape with an open top	(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
	(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

trough (verb)	slide (verb)
	to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move smoothly along a surface

Difference between trough and slide

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