Difference between Subtotal and Total

What is the difference between Subtotal and Total?

Subtotal as a noun is the total for a part of a list of numbers being summed. while Total as a noun is an amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Subtotal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The total for a part of a list of numbers being summed.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To calculate a subtotal.

Total

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.Sum.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: entire; relating to the whole of somethingcomplete

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To add up; to calculate the sum of.To equal a total of; to amount to.to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)To amount to; to add up to.

We hope you now know whether to use Subtotal or Total in your sentence.

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