Adhesion vs Absorption - What's the difference?
adhesion | absorption |
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
An agreement to adhere.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
# (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
# assimilate; incorporation.
# (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
# (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase.
The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference.
As nouns the difference between adhesion and absorption
is that adhesion is adhesion, adherence while absorption is absorption (act or process of absorbing, either liquid or light).adhesion
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)Antonyms
* cohesionabsorption
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Noun
(en noun)- ''the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
- the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
- the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
- absorption in some employment