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Estimated vs Approximate - What's the difference?

estimated | approximate |

As verbs the difference between estimated and approximate

is that estimated is past tense of estimate while approximate is to carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

As an adjective approximate is

approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

estimated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (estimate)
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    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)

    Anagrams

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    approximate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
  • Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
    • Approximate results or values.
    To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

    Antonyms

    * exact, precise

    Derived terms

    () * approximately * approximation * approximative

    Verb

    (approximat)
  • To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
    • To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.
  • To come near to; to approach.
    • The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
  • To estimate.

    • Quotations

    When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
    — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax