Glue vs. Adhesive

Gluenoun

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

Gluenoun

(figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.

Gluenoun

(obsolete) Birdlime.

Glueverb

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

Glueverb

(transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

Gluenoun

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances.

Glueverb

To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

Gluenoun

cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Glueverb

join or attach with or as if with glue;

Glueverb

be fixed as if by glue;

Adhesiveadjective

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

Adhesiveadjective

Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

Adhesivenoun

A substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion.

Adhesiveadjective

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

Adhesiveadjective

Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

Adhesivenoun

a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

Adhesiveadjective

tending to adhere

Adhesive

Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.The use of adhesives offers certain advantages over other binding techniques such as sewing, mechanical fastenings, or welding. These include the ability to bind different materials together, the more efficient distribution of stress across a joint, the cost-effectiveness of an easily mechanized process, and greater flexibility in design.