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Adsorb vs Adhere - What's the difference?

adsorb | adhere |

As verbs the difference between adsorb and adhere

is that adsorb is (chemistry) to accumulate on a surface, by adsorption while adhere is .

adsorb

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (chemistry) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption

    • Derived terms

    * adsorbed * adsorption

    Related terms

    * absorb

    Anagrams

    * * * *

    adhere

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (adher)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * adherent * adherence * adhesive * cohere * inhere

    Antonyms

    * cleave

    Anagrams

    * * ----