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Subtotal vs Total - What's the difference?

subtotal | total |

Total is a derived term of subtotal.



As nouns the difference between subtotal and total

is that subtotal is the total for a part of a list of numbers being summed while total is an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

As verbs the difference between subtotal and total

is that subtotal is to calculate a subtotal while total is to add up; to calculate the sum of.

As adjectives the difference between subtotal and total

is that subtotal is less than total; partial while total is entire; relating to the whole of something.

subtotal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The total for a part of a list of numbers being summed.

    • Verb

  • To calculate a .

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Less than total; partial.
  • * 2007 , Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski, Textbook of Basic Nursing (page 1184)
    • A subtotal thyroidectomy usually prevents the recurrence of hyperthyroidism because only enough of the gland is left to maintain normal function.
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    total

    English

    Alternative forms

    * totall (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
    • A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
  • (informal, mathematics) Sum.
    • The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

    Synonyms

    * (sum) sum

    Derived terms

    * subtotal

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  • :
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  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • ((used as an intensifier)) Complete; absolute.
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    • Synonyms

    * (entire) entire, full, whole * (complete) absolute, complete, utter; see also

    Derived terms

    * total war

    Verb

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of.
    • When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
  • To equal a total of; to amount to.
    • That totals seven times so far.
  • (transitive, US, slang) to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
    • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
  • To amount to; to add up to.
    • It totals nearly a pound.

    Synonyms

    * (add up) add up, sum * (demolish) demolish, trash, wreck

    Anagrams

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