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

  1. Add up as a verb (transitive):

    To take a sum.

    Examples:

    "usex Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost."

  2. 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."

  3. 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?"

  1. Compute as a verb (transitive):

    To reckon or calculate.

    Examples:

    "Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?"

  2. Compute as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To make sense.

    Examples:

    "Does that compute, or do I need to explain further?"

  1. Compute as a noun (computing, informal):

    computational power

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