Relatively vs Approximately - What's the difference?
relatively | approximately |
Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
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Somewhat.
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
As adverbs the difference between relatively and approximately
is that relatively is proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing while approximately is imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.relatively
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Adverb
(-)- He measured his success relatively , that is, competitively.
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- He was relatively successful.
approximately
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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.