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Adhesion vs Adhesiveness - What's the difference?

adhesion | adhesiveness |

As nouns the difference between adhesion and adhesiveness

is that adhesion is the ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance while adhesiveness is the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive.

adhesion

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * cohesion

    Related terms

    * adhesive

    adhesiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive