Adhesive Forces: Bigger vs. Smaller Straws

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Is the adhesive force greater in a smaller tube then a bigger tube at the top?

So would it take more energy to take out water at the top of the straw from the thinner straw?

Or would, due to gravity cancelling eventually the capillary rising, the adhesive force at the very top of the straw is equal to a thicker tube at the very top?

Thanks in advance
 
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Dion said:
Is the adhesive force greater in a smaller tube then a bigger tube at the top?
No, to other way around.
 
A.T. said:
No, to other way around.
So it takes less energy to take the same amount of fluid out of the smaller tube?