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Summing vs Adding - What's the difference?

summing | adding |

As verbs the difference between summing and adding

is that summing is while adding is .

As a noun summing

is the act or result of addition; a sum.

summing

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or result of addition; a sum.
  • * 1815 , John Dougall, The Young Man's Best Companion and Guide to Useful Knowledge
    • In this manner each page [of accounts] is summed up, and the amount of the last page of all, as comprehending all the particular summings of the preceding pages, is to be considered as the total amount of the whole account.

    adding

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