Absolute vs. Total
Difference Between Absolute and Total
Absoluteadjective
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Totalnoun
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
A total of £145 was raised by the bring-and-buy stall.Absoluteadjective
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
Totalnoun
Sum.
The total of 4, 5 and 6 is 15.Absoluteadjective
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
absolute purity, absolute libertyTotaladjective
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.Absoluteadjective
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
absolute alcoholTotaladjective
(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.
He is a total failure.Absoluteadjective
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
When caught, he told an absolute lie.an absolute denial of all chargesTotalverb
(transitive) To add up; to calculate the sum of.
When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure.Absoluteadjective
Positive, certain; unquestionable.
Totalverb
To equal a total of; to amount to.
That totals seven times so far.Absoluteadjective
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
Totalverb
to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.Absoluteadjective
Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
the doctrine that absolute knowledge of things is possible, an absolute principleAbsolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.Totalverb
(intransitive) To amount to; to add up to.
It totals nearly a pound.Absoluteadjective
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute positionTotalnoun
the whole amount
Absoluteadjective
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Totalnoun
a quantity obtained by addition
Absoluteadjective
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Totalverb
add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000The bill came to $2,000Absoluteadjective
(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".
Totalverb
determine the sum of;
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring townAbsoluteadjective
(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.
Totaladjective
constituting the full quantity or extent; complete;
an entire town devastated by an earthquakegave full attentiona total failureAbsoluteadjective
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
Totaladjective
including everything;
the overall costthe total amount owedAbsoluteadjective
Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
Totaladjective
without conditions or limitations;
a total banAbsoluteadjective
Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
Totaladjective
complete in extent or degree and in every particular;
a full gamea total eclipsea total disasterAbsoluteadjective
(of a usually-transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
Absoluteadjective
Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of articles or compounded with a preverb.
Absoluteadjective
(math) As measured using an absolute value.
absolute deviationabsolute squaremean absolute' differenceAbsoluteadjective
(math) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
Absoluteadjective
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
Absoluteadjective
Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
absolute music''Absoluteadjective
(obsolete) Absolved; free.
Absolutenoun
That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
moral absolutesAbsolutenoun
Anything that is absolute.
Absolutenoun
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
Absolutenoun
A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
Absolutenoun
The unity of spirit and nature; God.
Absolutenoun
The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
Absolutenoun
Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.
Absolutenoun
something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control;
no mortal being can influence the absoluteAbsoluteadjective
perfect or complete or pure;
absolute loyaltyabsolute silenceabsolute truthabsolute alcoholAbsoluteadjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
absolute freedoman absolute dimwita downright lieout-and-out mayheman out-and-out liea rank outsidermany right-down vicesgot the job through sheer persistencesheer stupidityAbsoluteadjective
not limited by law;
an absolute monarchAbsoluteadjective
expressing finality with no implication of possible change;
an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authorityinability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusalAbsoluteadjective
without conditions or limitations;
a total banAbsoluteadjective
not capable of being violated or infringed;
infrangible human rights
