sum vs accumulation

accumulation vs sum

sum and accumulation both are nouns.

sum is a verb but accumulation is not a verb.

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

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

sum: the final aggregate
accumulation: several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Other hypernyms of sum include aggregation, assemblage, collection.

sum (noun)	accumulation (noun)
the whole amount	the act of accumulating
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	several things grouped together or considered as a whole
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
the final aggregate	an increase by natural growth or addition
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
a quantity of money

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

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