The difference between Add up and Hang together
When used as verbs, add up means to take a sum, whereas hang together means to be connected.
check bellow for the other definitions of Add up and Hang together
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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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Hang together as a verb (idiomatic):
To be connected.
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Hang together as a verb (idiomatic):
To correspond or fit well.
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Hang together as a verb (idiomatic, of two people):
To be in a romantic relationship.
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Hang together as a verb (idiomatic, of people):
To be united in defiance.
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Hang together as a verb:
To remain united; to stand by one another.
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Hang together as a verb (of a story, plan or scheme):
To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible.
Examples:
"The story does not hang together."