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Relatively vs Approximately - What's the difference?

relatively | approximately |

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

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
  • He measured his success relatively , that is, competitively.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.}}
  • Somewhat.
  • He was relatively successful.

    approximately

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
  • 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 to

    Antonyms

    * accurately, definitely, exactly, precisely

    See also

    * circa