Maximum and Total

Maximum

Maximum adjective - Of the greatest or highest degree or quantity.

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Total and maximum are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Total" instead the word "Maximum" as an adjective or a noun.

Total adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

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Maximum and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Maximum" instead the word "Total" as an adjective or a noun.

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

human	human maximum	human total
high	high maximum	high total
low	low maximum	low total
current	current maximum	current total
Other adjectives: actual, lower, potential, new, near, possible, extra, highest, last, minimum, available, previous.

If you can manage to accrue 9 honor in total, you can loot to your heart's content as the maximum honor penalty for that is -3, still putting you in range of 6 for maximum honorability.

Source: Video Game / Total War: Shogun 2
Suspiciously Small Army: XCOM can only field 99 soldiers in total, which is barely more than two platoons at best, and then send a maximum of 6 soldiers to clear a city of aliens.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Total Overdose, a Robert Rodriguez homage, becomes progressively more Gun Fu oriented as maximum adrenaline increases.

Source: Combat Parkour

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