Surface Tension vs. Capillary Force

[hasibme2k]

What's the difference between surface tension and capillary force?
Surface tension, a tensor, is the force per unit length. Again surface energy is the energy required to increase the surface area by one unit. Is the surface tension a capillary force?

 

[Simon Bridge]

Can you not tell one from the other?

Capillary action and surface tension are names for related but not identical phenomena.

 

[Meir Achuz]

Capillary force is one of the phenomenon due to surface tension.

 

[A.T.]

Capillary force is one of the phenomenon due to surface tension.

Capilary effects are due to both: adhesive forces to the walls, and cohesive forces within the fluid. Surface tension is just cohesion.