How does a bigger dowel holds more weight than a smaller one?

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Let’s say I drill two holes in the ceiling, in different sizes. The dowel has to cover that hole so it needs more diameter to cover it. The space of the dowel will be filled by a screw that will trigger the dowel mechanism making it hook to the inside walls of the hole. Now, a bigger one can hold more weight than the smaller, but why if the grappling logic is the same?

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If you mean an anchor/expander, surely they expand more the bigger they are?
That, and the anchors are physically larger, avoiding them to both cut into (and break) the material of the ceiling as the surface area is greater, and also avoid breaking themselves.

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