Water climbing up a narrow tube against gravity is driven by adhesion -- the attraction between water molecules and a different surface. What is this upward movement itself called?

1. Adhesion between water and a solid surface (like the inside of a thin tube) can pull the water column upward. 2. The text states: "This type of adhesion is called capillary action." 3. Cohesion is water-to-water attraction (a related but different phenomenon), while osmosis and diffusion describe movement of substances across concentration gradients, not this surface-adhesion effect. 4. So the upward creep of water in a thin tube, driven by adhesion, is called capillary action. _Source: OpenStax Biology Ch 2 "The Chemical Foundation of Life", p.50 §2.2 | Water_