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Summing vs Humming - What's the difference?

summing | humming |

As verbs the difference between summing and humming

is that summing is while humming is .

As nouns the difference between summing and humming

is that summing is the act or result of addition; a sum while humming is the sound of something that hums; a hum.

summing

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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.

    humming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of something that hums; a hum.
  • * 1969 , New York Magazine (volume 2, number 49, 8 December 1969, page 70)
    • There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings