sum vs quintessence

quintessence vs sum

sum and quintessence both are nouns.

sum is a verb but quintessence is not a verb.

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

As nouns, quintessence is a hyponym of sum; that is, quintessence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sum:

sum: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
quintessence: the purest and most concentrated essence of something

Other hyponyms of sum include bare bones, hypostasis, haecceity, quiddity, stuff.

sum (noun)	quintessence (noun)
the whole amount	the purest and most concentrated essence of something
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	the most typical example or representative of a type
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
the final aggregate
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
a quantity of money

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

Difference between sum and quintessence

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