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Cumulative vs Upvote - What's the difference?

cumulative | upvote |

As an adjective cumulative

is incorporating all data up to the present.

As a verb upvote is

(internet) to vote for, increasing a cumulative tally of popularity.

As a noun upvote is

(internet) a vote for something that increases a cumulative tally of popularity.

cumulative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incorporating all data up to the present
  • That is formed by accumulation of successive additions
  • * Francis Bacon
    • As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative , not original.
  • * Trench
    • The argument is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative .
  • That tends to accumulate
  • (finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    upvote

    English

    Verb

    (upvot)
  • (Internet) To vote for, increasing a cumulative tally of popularity.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) A vote for something that increases a cumulative tally of popularity.

    • Antonyms

    * downvote