Difference between Roughly and Approximately

What is the difference between Roughly and Approximately?

Roughly as an adverb is in a rough manner. while Approximately as an adverb is imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

Roughly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a rough manner. Unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount; approximately.

Example sentence: One of the simplest ways to get an idea of one trillion dollars is to consider the amount in terms of the passage of time. One million seconds is equal to roughly eleven days and twelve hours, and one billion seconds is thirty-two years. One trillion seconds equals thirty-two thousand years.

Approximately

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

We hope you now know whether to use Roughly or Approximately in your sentence.

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