cure vs total

cure

verb
  • To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end. 

  • To cause to be rid of (a defect). 

  • To bring about a cure of any kind. 

  • To preserve (food), typically by salting. 

  • To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use. 

  • To solidify or gel. 

  • To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use. 

  • To restore to health. 

noun
  • Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury. 

  • That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate. 

  • A method, device or medication that restores good health. 

  • Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate. 

  • A solution to a problem. 

  • A process of solidification or gelling. 

  • A process of preservation, as by smoking. 

  • A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering. 

total

verb
  • To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) 

  • To equal a total of; to amount to. 

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of. 

  • To amount to; to add up to. 

adj
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something. 

  • (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs. 

  • Complete; absolute. 

noun
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. 

  • Sum. 

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