Total vs. Overall — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Total and Overall
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Definitions
Total
Comprising the whole number or amount
A total cost of £4,000
Overall
Taking everything into account
The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school
The overall effect is impressive
Total
Complete; absolute
A total stranger
It is a matter of total indifference to me
Overall
Taken as a whole; in all
Overall, 10,000 jobs will go
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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Overall
A loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear
A pair of overalls
Men in grubby blue overalls
Total
Amount in number to
They were left with debts totalling £6,260
Overall
From one end to the other
The overall length of the house.
Total
Damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck
He almost totalled the car
Overall
Including everything; comprehensive
The overall costs of medical care.
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Total
An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
Overall
Regarded as a whole; general
My overall impression was favorable.
Total
The whole amount of something; the entirety
The storm damaged the total of the housing units.
Overall
On the whole; generally
Enjoyed the performance overall.
Total
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire
The total population of the city.
Overall
Chiefly British A loose-fitting protective outer garment; a smock.
Total
Complete; utter; absolute
Total concentration.
A total effort.
A total fool.
Overall
Overalls Loose-fitting pants, usually of strong fabric, with a bib front and shoulder straps, often worn over regular clothing as protection from dirt.
Total
To determine the total of; add up
They totaled the applications at 600.
Overall
All-encompassing, all around.
Total
To equal a total of; amount to
The week's receipts totaled more than $90,000.
Overall
Generally; with everything considered.
Total
To wreck completely; demolish
The driver survived the crash but totaled the car.
Overall
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
Total
To add up; amount
It totals to $25.
Overall
A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
Total
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.
Overall
Everywhere.
Total
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.
Overall
Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
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.
Overall
A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
Total
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.
Overall
Involving only main features;
The overall pattern of his life
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.
Overall
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Total
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.
Total
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.
Total
To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.
Total
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.
Total
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Total
The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Total
To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.
Total
To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
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.
Total
The whole amount
Total
A quantity obtained by addition
Total
Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
Total
Determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Total
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
An entire town devastated by an earthquake
Gave full attention
A total failure
Total
Including everything;
The overall cost
The total amount owed
Total
Without conditions or limitations;
A total ban
Total
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
A full game
A total eclipse
A total disaster
