stickiness vs adherence

stickiness and adherence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stickiness	Yes	No	No	No
adherence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adherence is a hyponym of stickiness; that is, adherence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stickiness:

stickiness: the property of sticking to a surface
adherence: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Other hyponyms of stickiness include adhesion, adhesiveness, bond.

stickiness (noun)	adherence (noun)
the property of sticking to a surface	faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
	the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition