Water is a chemical liquid substance with unique properties that are responsible for the way it behaves. Cohesion and Adhesion are two of those properties responsible for the sticky nature of water molecules.
Cohesion is the property that makes a water molecule attracted to another water molecule by forming an hydrogen bond with one another, while adhesion is what makes a water molecule attracted to other substances aside water. These properties makes water sticky to itself (cohesive) and other chemical molecules (adhesive).
