Absolute vs. Total

Unqualified in extent or degree; total

An amount obtained by addition; a sum.

Not limited by restrictions or exceptions

The whole amount of something; the entirety

Being fully such; utter

Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire

Unconstrained by constitutional or other provisions

Complete; utter; absolute

Not mixed; pure

To determine the total of; add up

Not to be doubted or questioned; positive

To equal a total of; amount to

Of, relating to, or being a word, phrase, or construction that is isolated syntactically from the rest of a sentence, as the referee having finally arrived in The referee having finally arrived, the game began.

To wreck completely; demolish

Of, relating to, or being a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated. For example, inspires in We have a teacher who inspires is an absolute verb.

To add up; amount

Of, relating to, or being an adjective or pronoun that stands alone when the noun it modifies is being implied but not stated. For example, in Theirs were the best, theirs is an absolute pronoun and best is an absolute adjective.

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Relating to measurements or units of measurement derived from fundamental units of length, mass, and time.

Sum.

Relating to absolute temperature.

Entire; relating to the whole of something.

(Law) Complete and unconditional; final

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

Something that is absolute.

(mathematics) (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs.

Something regarded as the ultimate and transcendent basis of all thought and being. Used with the.

(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.

Something regarded as exceeding or transcending everything else to the point of being independent and unrelated.

To equal a total of; to amount to.

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)

Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.

(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.

The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.

To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to.

Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.

To determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; - often used with up; as, to total up the bill.

(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).

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.

Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.

The whole amount

(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.

A quantity obtained by addition

Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.

Add up in number or quantity;

Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.

Determine the sum of;

(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;

(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.

Including everything;

(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".

Without conditions or limitations;

Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".

Complete in extent or degree and in every particular;

Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).

(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".

(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.

(math) As measured using an absolute value.

(math) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.

(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.

Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.

Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or certain kinds of occurrence.

(obsolete) Absolved; free.

That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.

(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.

The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.

(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; - opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.

Authoritative; peremptory.

Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.

In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control;

Perfect or complete or pure;

Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;

Not limited by law;

Expressing finality with no implication of possible change;

Without conditions or limitations;

Not capable of being violated or infringed;