The difference between Total and Utter
When used as verbs, total means to add up, whereas utter means to say.
When used as adjectives, total means entire, whereas utter means outer.
Total is also noun with the meaning: an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
Utter is also adverb with the meaning: further out.
check bellow for the other definitions of Total and Utter
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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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Utter as an adjective (now, _, poetic, literary):
Outer; furthest out, most remote.
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Utter as an adjective (obsolete):
Outward.
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Utter as an adjective:
Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
Examples:
"utter ruin; utter darkness"
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To say
Examples:
"Don't you utter another word!"
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To use the voice
Examples:
"Sally uttered a sigh of relief."
"The dog uttered a growling bark."
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
Examples:
"Sally is uttering some fairly strange things in her illness."
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To make (a noise)
Examples:
"Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes."
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Utter as a verb (legal, transitive):
To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation
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Utter as an adverb (obsolete):
Further out; further away, outside.