roughly vs or so

roughly and or so both are adverbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roughly	No	No	No	Yes
or so	No	No	No	Yes

As adverbs, roughly and or so are synonyms defined as:

roughly and or so: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Other synonyms of roughly include about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, some.

roughly (adverb)	or so (adverb)
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct	(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
with rough motion as over a rough surface
with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')