Confused between cyclic sum and symmetric sums.

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four variables $a, b, c, d$ are given, what is the symmetric and cyclic sum?

I thought:

$$\sum_{cyc} ab = ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd$$

And

$$\sum_{sym} ab = 2(ab + ac + ad + bc + bd + cd)$$

Which one is correct?