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Sum vs. Tot — What's the Difference?

Sum vs. Tot — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sum and Tot

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Sum

An amount obtained as a result of adding numbers.

Tot

A small child.

Sum

An arithmetic problem
A child good at sums.

Tot

A small amount, as of liquor.

Sum

The whole amount, quantity, or number; an aggregate
The sum of the team's combined experience.
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Tot

To total
Totted up the bill.

Sum

An amount of money
Paid an enormous sum.

Tot

A small child.
He learned to run when he was just a tot.

Sum

A summary
My view of the world, in sum.

Tot

A measure of spirits, especially rum.

Sum

The central idea or point; the gist.

Tot

Ellipsis of tater tot

Sum

(Mathematics) To add.

Tot

(Barbados) A small cup, usually made of tin.

Sum

To give a summary of; summarize.

Tot

A foolish fellow.

Sum

A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
The sum of 3 and 4 is 7.

Tot

A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

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.

Tot

To sum or total.

Sum

A quantity of money.
A tidy sum
The sum of forty pounds

Tot

To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.
A totted debt

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.

Tot

Anything small; - frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

Sum

A central idea or point; gist.

Tot

A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.

Sum

The utmost degree.

Tot

A foolish fellow.

Sum

(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.

Tot

Lit., so much; - a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.

Sum

The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.

Tot

To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; - often with up.
The last two tot up the bill.

Sum

The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.

Tot

A small amount (especially of a drink);
A tot of rum

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.

Tot

A young child

Sum

(transitive) To add together.

Tot

Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

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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