Roll
Roll noun - A record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system.
Tally
Tally noun - A total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added.
Roll and tally are semantically related in running total topic. Sometimes you can use "Roll" instead a noun "Tally".
How words are described
| full | full roll | full tally |
| low | low roll | low tally |
| separate | separate roll | separate tally |
| total | total roll | total tally |
| Other adjectives: actual, final, hidden, highest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Tally Ho features a pretty good Pre-Asskicking One-Liner... "I got the tools, I got the team, I got the motivation, and baby, I just ate me a whole ROLL of 'Mentos'."
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In the Halloween Episode of LoadingReadyRun's commodoreHUSTLE, "Roll For Treats", Tally dresses up as a bedsheet ghost to go trick-or-treating with her boyfriend Jer, masquerading as his young son.
Source: Bedsheet Ghost
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Tally and Roll. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/roll/tally
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