Subtract vs. Sum — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Subtract and Sum
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Subtract
To take away; deduct.
Sum
An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.
Subtract
To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.
Sum
An arithmetic problem
A child good at sums.
Subtract
To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number
If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
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Sum
The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate
The sum of the team's combined experience.
Subtract
To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
Sum
An amount of money
Paid an enormous sum.
Subtract
Make a subtraction
Sum
A summary
My view of the world, in sum.
Sum
The central idea or point; the gist.
Sum
(Mathematics) To add.
Sum
To give a summary of; summarize.
Sum
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.
Sum
(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.
Sum
A quantity of money.
A tidy sum
The sum of forty pounds
Sum
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.
Sum
A central idea or point; gist.
Sum
The utmost degree.
Sum
(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
Sum
The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
Sum
The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
Sum
A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.
Sum
(transitive) To add together.
Sum
(transitive) To give a summary of.
Sum
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Sum
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Sum
The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
Sum
A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
Sum
The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
Sum
Height; completion; utmost degree.
Thus have I told thee all my state, and broughtMy story to the sum of earthly bliss.
Sum
A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole.
A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums.
Sum
To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; - usually with up.
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
Sum
To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; - usually with up.
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard," in few words sums up the moral of this fable.
He sums their virtues in himself alone.
Sum
To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
But feathered soon and fledgeThey summed their pens [wings].
Sum
A quantity of money;
He borrowed a large sum
The amount he had in cash was insufficient
Sum
A quantity obtained by addition
Sum
The final aggregate;
The sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
Sum
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
The gist of the prosecutor's argument
The heart and soul of the Republican Party
The nub of the story
Sum
The whole amount
Sum
The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
Sum
A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets;
Let C be the union of the sets A and B
Sum
Be a summary of;
The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper
Sum
Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
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