Gliding vs. Sliding

The action or motion of something that glides.

The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.

That moves or changes with a glide.

(employment) Employing flexitime.

Example: ‘gliding shifts; gliding hours; gliding time’;

the activity of flying a glider

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s.

The motion of something that slides.

Designed or able to slide.

Example: ‘Our yard is just outside the sliding door.’;

That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

Slippery; elusory.

Example: ‘That sliding science hath me made so bare.’;

being a smooth continuous motion