numerate vs add up

numerate is an adjective but add up is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
numerate	No	Yes	Yes	No
add up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, add up is a hyponym of numerate; that is, add up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than numerate:

Other hyponyms of numerate include recount, miscount, census, add, add together, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up.

numerate (adjective)	add up (adjective)
able to understand and use numbers

numerate (verb)	add up (verb)
read out loud as words written numbers	determine the sum of
determine the number or amount of	be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
	to measure up to in kind or quality
	add up in number or quantity