Totality vs Amount - What's the difference?
totality | amount | Related terms |
the state of being total
an aggregate quantity obtained by addition
(astronomy) the phase of an eclipse when it is total
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
A quantity or volume.
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, title= The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
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To total or evaluate.
To be the same as or equivalent to.
(obsolete) To go up; to ascend.
* Spenser
Totality is a related term of amount.
As nouns the difference between totality and amount
is that totality is the state of being total while amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard english).As a verb amount is
to total or evaluate.totality
English
Noun
Synonyms
* entirety * totalnessAnagrams
*amount
English
(Quantity)Noun
(en noun)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
- The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
Derived terms
* principal amount * notional amountVerb
(en verb)- It amounts to three dollars and change.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- His response amounted to gross insubordination
- So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.