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

  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. Hang together as a verb (idiomatic):

    To be connected.

  2. Hang together as a verb (idiomatic):

    To correspond or fit well.

  3. Hang together as a verb (idiomatic, of two people):

    To be in a romantic relationship.

  4. Hang together as a verb (idiomatic, of people):

    To be united in defiance.

  5. Hang together as a verb:

    To remain united; to stand by one another.

  6. 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."

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