Addition vs. Omission — What's the Difference?

Addition (usually signified by the plus symbol +) is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the other three being subtraction, multiplication and division. The addition of two whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those values combined.

Someone or something that has been left out or excluded

The action or process of adding something to something else

The act or an instance of omitting.

The process of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts

The state of having been omitted.

The operation that, for positive integers, consists of increasing by a definite number of increments of 1. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the additive properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.

Something omitted or neglected.

Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.

(uncountable) The act of omitting.

The process of adding or joining something to something else, typically to make it larger

(uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.

Something added

(countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.

(uncountable) The act of adding anything.

Something not done or neglected.

Anything that is added.

(grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.

(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

That which is omitted or is left undone.

A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.

A mistake resulting from neglect

(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.

Something that has been omitted;

The act of adding two or more things together; - opposed to subtraction or diminution.

Any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases

Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.

Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something

That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; - opposed to abatement.

A component that is added to something to improve it;

The act of adding one thing to another;

A quantity that is added;

Something added to what you already have;

A suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;