The difference between Adhesiveness and Tenacity

When used as nouns, adhesiveness means the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive, whereas tenacity means the quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose.


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  1. Adhesiveness as a noun:

    the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

  1. Tenacity as a noun:

    The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

  2. Tenacity as a noun:

    The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

  3. Tenacity as a noun:

    The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

  4. Tenacity as a noun:

    The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.

  5. Tenacity as a noun (physics):

    The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.