Sum vs. Total
Difference Between Sum and Total
Sumnoun
An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
Totalnoun
An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
Sumnoun
An arithmetic problem
a child good at sums.Totalnoun
The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.Sumnoun
The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate
the sum of the team's combined experience.Totaladjective
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
the total population of the city.Sumnoun
An amount of money
paid an enormous sum.Totaladjective
Complete; utter; absolute
total concentration.a total effort.a total fool.Sumnoun
A summary
my view of the world, in sum.Totalverb
To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.Sumnoun
The central idea or point; the gist.
Totalverb
To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.Sumverb
(Mathematics) To add.
Totalverb
To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.Sumverb
To give a summary of; summarize.
Totalverb
To add up; amount
It totals to $25.Sumnoun
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.Totalnoun
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.Sumnoun
(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
We're learning about division, and the sums are tricky.Totalnoun
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.Sumnoun
A quantity of money.
a tidy sumthe sum of forty poundsTotaladjective
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish.The total number of votes cast is 3,270.Sumnoun
A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
This is the sum of all the evidence in the case.This is the sum and substance of his objections.Totaladjective
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.Sumnoun
A central idea or point.
Totalverb
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.Sumnoun
The utmost degree.
Totalverb
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.Sumnoun
(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
Totalverb
to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.Sumnoun
The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
Totalverb
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.Sumnoun
The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
Totalnoun
the whole amount
Sumverb
(transitive) To add together.
Totalnoun
a quantity obtained by addition
Sumverb
(transitive) To give a summary of.
Totalverb
add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000The bill came to $2,000Sumpronoun
eye dialect of some
Totalverb
determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring townSumdeterminer
eye dialect of some
Totaladjective
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
an entire town devastated by an earthquakegave full attentiona total failureSumnoun
a quantity of money;
he borrowed a large sumthe amount he had in cash was insufficientTotaladjective
including everything;
the overall costthe total amount owedSumnoun
a quantity obtained by addition
Totaladjective
without conditions or limitations;
a total banSumnoun
the final aggregate;
the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they sufferedTotaladjective
complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
a full gamea total eclipsea total disasterSumnoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
the gist of the prosecutor's argumentthe heart and soul of the Republican Partythe nub of the storySumnoun
the whole amount
Sumnoun
the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
Sumnoun
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;
let C be the union of the sets A and BSumverb
be a summary of;
The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paperSumverb
determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
