The difference between Approximately and Loosely

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Approximately and Loosely

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."

Loosely as an adverb:

In a loose manner.
Loosely as an adverb:

Not tightly.

Examples:

"Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them."
Loosely as an adverb:

Approximately.

Examples:

"It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish."
Loosely as an adverb:

Examples:

"A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish."