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Scurry vs Glide - What's the difference?

scurry | glide | Related terms |

Scurry is a related term of glide.


As verbs the difference between scurry and glide

is that scurry is to run away with quick light steps, to scamper while glide is to move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

As a noun glide is

the act of gliding.

scurry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • * 1964 ,
  • Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

    Derived terms

    * scurry away * scurry off

    Anagrams

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    glide

    English

    Verb

  • To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  • * Wordsworth
  • The river glideth at his own sweet will.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
  • The water over which the boats glided was black and smooth, rising into huge foamless billows, the more terrible because they were silent.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author= , title=Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But it was 37-year-old Giggs who looked like a care-free teenager as he glided across the pitch he knows so well to breathtaking effect.}}
  • To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft.
  • To cause to glide.
  • (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
  • Synonyms

    * (to move effortlessly) coast, slide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gliding.
  • (linguistics) Semivowel
  • (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  • A bird, the glede or kite.
  • Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs English irregular verbs ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)