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Default Re: Difference between "Slide" and "Glide"?

On skates, you can glide across the ice.
On skates, you can slide across the ice.

I'd say your son's distinction is correct, and add that glide can also be used like slide to also mean gracefully, easily, or smoothly "slide".
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