Gross and Total

Gross

Gross noun - The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.

Total is a synonym for gross in whole topic. In some cases you can use "Total" instead the word "Gross" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like part, common, amount, quantity.

Nearby Words: grossed, grossly, grossing

Total

Total noun - A complete amount of something.
Usage example: that's the total for our wheat harvest this year

Gross is a synonym for total in whole topic. You can use "Gross" instead the word "Total" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as part, common, quantity, complete.

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

Common collocations

hell gross hell total hell

Both words in one sentence

  • The kids go into the basement for a gross-out game where they supposedly pass around parts of a dead witch in total darkness.
  • In fact the foreign total to date is five and a half times the amount of the American gross (domestic gross: $20 million, international gross: $110 million).
  • The total worldwide gross was $306.9 million, but it's considered a box-office failure for DreamWorks since the total gross did not meet the cost of production and advertisement.
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