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Relatively vs Roughly - What's the difference?

relatively | roughly |

As adverbs the difference between relatively and roughly

is that relatively is proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing while roughly is in a rough manner.

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.

    roughly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a rough manner.
  • Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
  • Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-12-06, author= Alok Jha
    • , volume=189, issue=26, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= A deadly disease could travel at jet speed around the world. How do we stop it in time? , passage=Of the roughly 400 emerging infectious diseases that have been identified since 1940, more than 60% are zoonotic: ie they came from animals. Throughout history this has been common.}}

    Synonyms

    * approximately, around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, circa