peanuts vs sum

peanuts and sum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peanuts	Yes	No	No	No
sum	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sum is a hypernym of peanuts; that is, sum is a word with a broader meaning than peanuts:

Other hypernyms of peanuts include amount, amount of money, sum of money.

peanuts (noun)	sum (noun)
an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount	the whole amount
	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
	the final aggregate
	a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
	a quantity of money

peanuts (verb)	sum (verb)
	determine the sum of
	be a summary of