sum vs stuff

sum and stuff both are nouns.

sum and stuff both are verbs.

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

As nouns, stuff is a hyponym of sum; that is, stuff 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
stuff: a critically important or characteristic component

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

sum (noun)	stuff (noun)
the whole amount	miscellaneous unspecified objects
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	unspecified qualities required to do or be something
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	a critically important or characteristic component
the final aggregate	senseless talk
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets	information in some unspecified form
a quantity of money	informal terms for personal possessions
	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

sum (verb)	stuff (verb)
determine the sum of	fill with a stuffing while cooking
be a summary of	fill tightly with a material
	treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
	overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
	cram into a cavity
	obstruct
	press or force

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