Total
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. Sum.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: entire; relating to the whole of something complete
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To add up; to calculate the sum of. To equal a total of; to amount to. to demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) To amount to; to add up to.
Example sentence: If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?
Amount
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The total, aggregate or sum of a number of items, numbers or material.A quantity or volume.The number of elements in a set.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To total or evaluate.To succeed or have value.
Example sentence: It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.