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Overall

Overall adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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Total is a synonym for overall in full topic. In some cases you can use "Total" instead the word "Overall" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like common, complete, general.

Total

Total adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

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Overall is a synonym for total in full topic. You can use "Overall" instead the word "Total" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as common, complete, entire, general.

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

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Since then, the team has accumulated twelve total playoff games, one total playoff win (in 1991), zero Super Bowl appearances and the worst overall winning percentage of any team in the NFL.

Source: Dork Age / Sports
He was, and still is, acclaimed for his off-kilter vocal delivery, overall aura of total madness, and deliberately obtuse, nihilistic motivations; his lack of any clear goal beyond general chaos and destroying Batman's image made him terrifying.

Source: Franchise Original Sin / Film
Earn Your Bad Ending: To get the "Bad" ending (Suspect Mind), you need to complete the game with an overall D or E rank, which requires you to get less than 200 points total from the bottom table on this page, which is actually harder than it sounds.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Elibe

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