Accumulate
Accumulate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Sum and accumulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sum" instead a verb "Accumulate".
Sum
Sum verb - To combine (numbers) into a single sum.
Accumulate and sum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accumulate" instead a verb "Sum".
Both words in one sentence
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Auxiliary ones are bought from vendor for 1 billion of in-game currency - sum, that even super-hardcore players should make some effort to accumulate.
Source: Bling-Bling-BANG! - The Second Try has Shinji and Asuka becoming milder examples of this trope by necessity, since they had to accumulate and learn the sum total of human knowledge after they're left being the only two humans left alive on Earth, and are pigeonholed into being a civilization of two.
Source: Badass Bookworm / Fan Fiction
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