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Profoundly vs Fundamentally - What's the difference?

profoundly | fundamentally |

As adverbs the difference between profoundly and fundamentally

is that profoundly is with depth, meaningfully while fundamentally is to the very core of the matter.

profoundly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (manner) With depth, meaningfully.
    • He thought and wrote profoundly .
  • (evaluative) Very importantly.
    • More profoundly , it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions.
  • (degree) Deeply; very.
    • From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled.

    fundamentally

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • to the very core of the matter

    • Synonyms

    * essentially * basically