The difference between Add up and Stack up

When used as verbs, add up means to take a sum, whereas stack up means to put into a stack.


check bellow for the other definitions of Add up and Stack up

  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. Stack up as a verb (transitive):

    To put into a stack

    Examples:

    "Stack up the boxes."

  2. Stack up as a verb (intransitive):

    to pile up; to accumulate

  3. Stack up as a verb (idiomatic, transitive):

    To put a group of abstract things together.

    Examples:

    "to stack up memories"

  4. Stack up as a verb:

    To compare with (something); to measure up. (Often used with or .)