Approximately vs Approximately - What's the difference?
approximately | approximately |
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
As adverbs the difference between approximately and approximately
is that approximately is imprecise but close to in quantity or amount while approximately is imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.approximately
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Adverb
(-)- In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
- Per 100g of chocolate there are approximately 11.6g of saturated fat.
- ...approximately 60 beats per minute.
Synonyms
* around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, roughly, close toAntonyms
* accurately, definitely, exactly, preciselySee also
* circaapproximately
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Adverb
(-)- In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
- Per 100g of chocolate there are approximately 11.6g of saturated fat.
- ...approximately 60 beats per minute.
