Filtering Additive or subtractive model?

1. Are filters additive or subtractive?
2. What is an additive filter?

Are filters additive or subtractive?

Filtering allows them to traverse that data in a manageable way. When it comes to rendering data, configuration is additive and filtering is subtractive.

What is an additive filter?

An additive filter makes sense if you are searching in a near infinite range and want to bring back a finite amount of results (e.g. default in Google search). The most accurate results are received by allowing any combination of the two, along with boolean expressions and search fields e.g.