The difference between Approximately and Close to

When used as adverbs, approximately means imprecise but close to in quantity or amount, whereas close to means approximately.

Close to is also preposition with the meaning: ..

check bellow for the other definitions of Approximately and Close to

  1. Approximately as an adverb:

    Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

    Examples:

    "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."

  1. Close to as an adverb (of quantifiers of nouns):

    Approximately

    Examples:

    "It lasted close to an hour."

    "It rained for close to forty days and forty nights."

  2. Close to as an adverb (informal):

    Nearly; almost

    Examples:

    "The project is close to finished."

  1. Close to as a preposition:

    .

    Examples:

    "The chair was close to the window."

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