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Substantially vs Immensely - What's the difference?

substantially | immensely |

As adverbs the difference between substantially and immensely

is that substantially is in a strong substantial manner; considerably while immensely is hugely; extremely; vastly.

substantially

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • 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):
  • 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.
  • To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
  • Without material qualifications.
  • immensely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Hugely; extremely; vastly.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"