The difference between Add up and Total
When used as verbs, add up means to take a sum, whereas total means to add up.
Total is also noun with the meaning: an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Total is also adjective with the meaning: entire.
check bellow for the other definitions of Add up and Total
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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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Total as a noun:
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Examples:
"A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall."
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Total as a noun (informal, mathematics):
Sum.
Examples:
"The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15."
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Total as an adjective:
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
Examples:
"The total book is rubbish from start to finish.  nowrap The total [[number]] of votes cast is 3,270."
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Total as an adjective:
() Complete; absolute.
Examples:
"He is a total failure."
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Total as a verb (transitive):
To add up; to calculate the sum of.
Examples:
"When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure."
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Total as a verb:
To equal a total of; to amount to.
Examples:
"That totals seven times so far."
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Total as a verb (transitive, US, slang):
to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Examples:
"Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car."
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Total as a verb (intransitive):
To amount to; to add up to.
Examples:
"It totals nearly a pound."