Slide vs. Slither — What's the Difference?

To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.

To move or slide by twisting or undulating the body over a surface, as in the manner of a snake.

To participate in a sport that involves such movement

To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait

To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip

To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface

To pass smoothly and quietly; glide

A slithering movement or gait.

(Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.

(intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.

To be ignored or not dealt with; drop

(intransitive) To slide

To decrease

(archaic) slithery; slippery

To become less favorable or less desirable

A limestone rubble.

To cause to slide or slip

A sliver.

To place covertly or deftly

To slide; to glide.

A sliding movement or action.

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;

A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding

A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.

A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.

A period of decline or loss

An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.

One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.

A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.

A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.

A backless shoe with an open toe.

A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.

An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.

A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.

The bottleneck style of guitar playing.

(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.

To drop down and skid into a base.

(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.

(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.

(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).

To pass inadvertently.

(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.

To decrease in amount or value.

(music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.

(regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.

To go; to move from one place or to another.

(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.

A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.

The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.

A lever that can be moved in two directions.

A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base

A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.

A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.

(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.

A pocket in one's pants (trousers).

(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

A promiscuous woman, slut.

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

To pass inadvertently.

To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

Smooth, even passage or progress.

That on which anything moves by sliding.

That which operates by sliding.

A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;

Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;

A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

Sloping channel through which things can descend

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;

Move smoothly along a surface;