Total vs. Result — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Total and Result
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Total
Comprising the whole number or amount
A total cost of £4,000
Result
A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value and victory.
Total
Complete; absolute
A total stranger
It is a matter of total indifference to me
Result
To happen as a consequence
Damage that resulted from the storm.
Charges that resulted from the investigation.
Total
The whole number or amount of something
In total, 200 people were interviewed
He scored a total of thirty-three points
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Result
To end in a particular way
Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
Total
Amount in number to
They were left with debts totalling £6,260
Result
Something that follows naturally from a particular action, operation, or course; a consequence or outcome.
Total
Damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck
He almost totalled the car
Result
Results Favorable or desired outcomes
A new approach that got results.
Total
An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
Result
(Mathematics) The quantity or expression obtained by calculation.
Total
The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.
Result
To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
Total
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
The total population of the city.
Result
To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
This measure will result in good or in evil.
Total
Complete; utter; absolute
Total concentration.
A total effort.
A total fool.
Result
(legal) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
Total
To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.
Result
(obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
Total
To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
Result
That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
The result of a course of action;
The result of a mathematical operation
Total
To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.
Result
The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
Total
To add up; amount
It totals to $25.
Result
The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Total
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
Result
(obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
Total
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Result
(sports) The final score in a game.
Total
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.
Result
(by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
Total
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.
Result
(UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
Total
(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
Result
To leap back; to rebound.
The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
Total
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
Result
To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; - followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
Total
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.
Result
To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
Total
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
Result
A flying back; resilience.
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
Total
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.
Result
That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.
If our proposals once again were heard,We should compel them to a quick result.
Total
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Result
The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Then of their session ended they bid cryWith trumpet's regal sound the great result.
Total
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Result
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
His decision had depressing consequences for business
He acted very wise after the event
Total
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
Result
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
They were trying to find a peaceful solution
The answers were in the back of the book
He computed the result to four decimal places
Total
To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
Result
Something that results;
He listened for the results on the radio
Total
To damage beyond repair; - used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.
Result
The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
Total
The whole amount
Result
Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end;
Result in tragedy
Total
A quantity obtained by addition
Result
Result in;
The water left a mark on the silk dress
Her blood left a stain on the napkin
Total
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Total
Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Total
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure
Total
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Total
Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban
Total
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
A full game
A total eclipse
A total disaster
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