The difference between Total and Trash
When used as nouns, total means an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts, whereas trash means useless things to be discarded.
When used as verbs, total means to add up, whereas trash means to discard.
Total is also adjective with the meaning: entire.
check bellow for the other definitions of Total and Trash
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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."
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Trash as a noun (chiefly, US):
Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
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Trash as a noun:
A container into which things are discarded.
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Trash as a noun:
Something worthless or of poor quality.
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Trash as a noun (slang, derogatory):
People of low social status or class.
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Trash as a noun (fandom, humorous, uncountable):
A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
Examples:
"I am Harry Potter trash."
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Trash as a noun (computing):
Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
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Trash as a noun:
A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Examples:
"rfquotek Markham"
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Trash as a verb (US):
To discard.
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Trash as a verb (US):
To make into a mess.
Examples:
"The burglars trashed the house."
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Trash as a verb (US):
To beat soundly in a game.
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Trash as a verb (US):
To disrespect someone or something
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Trash as a verb:
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
Examples:
"to trash the rattoons of sugar cane"
"rfquotek B. Edwards"
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Trash as a verb:
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
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Trash as a verb:
To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
Examples:
"rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"