Essence and Sum

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Essence noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.

Usage example: presented the essence of weeks of testimony in a 20-minute appeal to the jury

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Sum is a synonym for essence. In some cases you can use "Sum" instead a noun "Essence".

Sum noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.

Usage example: the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?

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Essence is a synonym for sum. Sometimes you can use "Essence" instead a noun "Sum".

low	low essence	low sum
original	original essence	original sum
real	real essence	real sum
possible	possible essence	possible sum
Other adjectives: mere, highest, higher.

In essence, a properly fought Clan v Clan war is the sum total of numerous individual duels.

Source: Duel to the Death
Exposition Beam: Jor-El's essence subjects an 18-year-old Clark to 12 years of training by beaming the sum of his knowledge into his brain.

Source: Film / Superman: The Movie
As the Architect puts it, "Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the Matrix." In essence, the war is just another part of the operation of the power plant known as the Matrix.

Source: Running Both Sides

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