Substantially vs Fundamentally - What's the difference?
substantially | fundamentally |
In a strong substantial manner; considerably.
* 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/politics/race-for-president-leaves-income-slump-in-shadows.html?_r=1&hp]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):
To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
Without material qualifications.
Fundamentally is a synonym of substantially.
As adverbs the difference between substantially and fundamentally
is that substantially is in a strong substantial manner; considerably while fundamentally is to the very core of the matter.substantially
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.