Adhere vs Sticky - What's the difference?
adhere | sticky |
To stick fast or , as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
Able or likely to stick.
Potentially difficult to escape from.
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(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
A sweet dessert wine.
(Internet, bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
As verbs the difference between adhere and sticky
is that adhere is to stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura while sticky is to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.As an adjective sticky is
able or likely to stick.As a noun sticky is
a sticky note, such as a post-it note.adhere
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(adher)Antonyms
* cleaveAnagrams
* * ----sticky
English
Adjective
(er)- Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
- This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
- We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
- A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not "sticky" - 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.
Derived terms
* stickily * stickiness * sticky-backed plastic * sticky bit * sticky fingers * sticky wicket * sticky noteSee also
* tackyNoun
(stickies)- Her desk is covered with yellow stickies .