The problem here is that "adhesion", as it is used scientifically in our world, refers specifically to different compounds sticking together because of microscopic interactions, most often the forming of chemical bonds. And only that. Brandon just chose a very bad name for the Surge. I realize "Pressure" sounds less poetic, but it is a much, much better name.
I suspect something similar to be the case for Tension and Cohesion, two other well-defined chemical terms, but we haven't seen enough about those yet to know for sure.