


* ( rfdate), Chaucer: With good hope let he sorrow slide.To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.(music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.* ( rfdate), Alexander Pope: Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.* ( rfdate), Dryden: Ages shall slide away without perceiving.To pass along smoothly or unobservedly to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.(baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

* ( rfdate), Waller: They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface He slid the boat across the grass.

In lang=en terms the difference between slide and slipis that slide is a grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below while slip is a child's pinafore.Īs verbs the difference between slide and slipis that slide is to (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface while slip is to lose one's traction on a slippery surface to slide due to a lack of friction.Īs nouns the difference between slide and slipis that slide is an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again while slip is mud, slime. In transitive terms the difference between slide and slipis that slide is to pass or put imperceptibly to slip while slip is to cause to move smoothly and quickly to slide to convey gently or secretly. In intransitive terms the difference between slide and slipis that slide is to pass along smoothly or unobservedly to move gently onward without friction or hindrance while slip is to move quickly and often secretively to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
