Question

What is adhesive force and cohesive force?

Answer 1

Force acting between particles of different kind of substances.e.g. between water and glass molecules is known adhesive force

force acting between particles of same kind of substance e.g. water and water molecules is called cohesive force

Answer 2

Answer:

Adhesive force is the force of attraction between two different molecules

For example-attraction between water molecule and air molecule

Cohesive force is the force of attraction between two similar molecules

For example- attraction between water molecules