surface-assimilative vs adsorptive

surface-assimilative and adsorptive both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surface-assimilative	No	Yes	No	No
adsorptive	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, surface-assimilative and adsorptive are synonyms defined as:

surface-assimilative and adsorptive: having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface

Other synonyms of surface-assimilative include adsorbent.

surface-assimilative (adjective)	adsorptive (adjective)
having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface	having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface