Total vs. Gross — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Total and Gross
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Definitions
Total
Comprising the whole number or amount
A total cost of £4,000
Gross
Exclusive of deductions; total
Gross profits.
Total
Complete; absolute
A total stranger
It is a matter of total indifference to me
Gross
Unmitigated in any way; utter
Gross incompetence.
Total
The whole number or amount of something
In total, 200 people were interviewed
He scored a total of thirty-three points
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Gross
So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense
Gross injustice.
Total
Amount in number to
They were left with debts totalling £6,260
Gross
Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude
"It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross" (Thomas H. Huxley).
Total
Damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck
He almost totalled the car
Gross
Disgusting or offensive
Don't you think slugs are gross? He told a gross joke.
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Total
An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
Gross
Overweight; corpulent
"Sally is fat. She is gross. She must weigh twelve stone and more" (Margaret Drabble).
Total
The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.
Gross
On a large scale; not fine or detailed
Gross anatomical similarities.
Gross motor skills.
Total
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
The total population of the city.
Gross
Broad; general
The gross necessities of life.
Total
Complete; utter; absolute
Total concentration.
A total effort.
A total fool.
Gross
Pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made.
Total
To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.
Gross
Pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen.
Total
To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
Gross
To earn as a total income or profit before deductions
The store grossed $10,000 last month.
Total
To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.
Gross
(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
A gross mistake;
Gross injustice;
Gross negligence; a gross insult
Total
To add up; amount
It totals to $25.
Gross
(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
Gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight
Total
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
Gross
Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
Gross anatomy
Total
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Gross
Causing disgust.
I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.
Total
Entire; relating to the whole of something.
The total book is rubbish from start to finish.
The total number of votes cast is 3,270.
Gross
Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
Total
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.
Gross
(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
Total
(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.
The Ackermann function is one of the simplest and earliest examples of a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.
Gross
(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
Total
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
Gross
Difficult or impossible to see through.
Total
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.
Gross
(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
Total
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
Gross
(obsolete) Easy to perceive.
Total
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.
Gross
Twelve dozen = 144.
Total
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Gross
The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
Total
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Gross
The bulk, the mass, the masses.
Total
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
Gross
(transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.
The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.
Total
To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
Gross
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
A gross body of horse under the Duke.
Total
To damage beyond repair; - used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss.
Gross
Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
Total
The whole amount
Gross
Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
Total
A quantity obtained by addition
Gross
Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next.
Total
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Gross
Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.
Total
Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Gross
Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
Total
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure
Gross
Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
Total
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Gross
Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.
Total
Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban
Gross
The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle.
Total
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
A full game
A total eclipse
A total disaster
Gross
The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
Gross
Twelve dozen
Gross
The entire amount of income before any deductions are made
Gross
Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
Gross
Before any deductions;
Gross income
Gross
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
Gross
Of general aspects or broad distinctions;
The gross details of the structure appear reasonable
Gross
Repellently fat;
A bald porcine old man
Gross
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
A crying shame
An egregious lie
Flagrant violation of human rights
A glaring error
Gross ineptitude
Gross injustice
Rank treachery
Gross
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
Gross
Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;
Coarse language
A crude joke
Crude behavior
An earthy sense of humor
A revoltingly gross expletive
A vulgar gesture
Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
