The difference between Add up and Compute
When used as verbs, add up means to take a sum, whereas compute means to reckon or calculate.
Compute is also noun with the meaning: computational power.
check bellow for the other definitions of Add up and Compute
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Add up as a verb (transitive):
To take a sum.
Examples:
"usex Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost."
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Add up as a verb (intransitive):
To accumulate; to amount to.
Examples:
"usex If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year."
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Add up as a verb (idiomatic, intransitive):
To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
Examples:
"usex His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event?"
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Compute as a verb (transitive):
To reckon or calculate.
Examples:
"Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?"
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Compute as a verb (intransitive, informal):
To make sense.
Examples:
"Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?"
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Compute as a noun (computing, informal):
computational power