The difference between Add up and Sum up

When used as verbs, add up means to take a sum, whereas sum up means to produce a total by adding.


check bellow for the other definitions of Add up and Sum 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. Sum up as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To produce a total by adding.

    Examples:

    "We summed up the donations and found that we had just enough to pay the bills."

  2. Sum up as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To summarize.

    Examples:

    "So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible."

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