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What is the difference between tendency and stickiness?

tendency | stickiness |

As nouns the difference between tendency and stickiness

is that tendency is a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward while stickiness is the property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.

tendency

English

Noun

(tendencies)
  • A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
  • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  • An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
  • a militant tendency

    Derived terms

    * multitendency

    Synonyms

    * inclination * disposition * propensity * penchant * trend

    stickiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the property of sticking or adhering; adhesion
  • * '>citation
  • warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day
  • (economics, of prices or wages) the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy
  • (marketing, interface design) the presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner
  • The stickiness of a cellphone might be measured by its ability to tell correct time, locate its user, and allow its user to remain connected regardless of location.
  • (advertising) a research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print ad.
  • The low stickiness rating helped explain why our ad’s brand linkage rating was so low: people were turned off by the blurriness of the main photo.
  • (psychology) an overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations
  • See also

    * * * brand linkage *