give or take vs roughly

give or take

adv
  • Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount. 

  • Approximately; within a certain margin of error. 

roughly

adv
  • Without precision or exactness; imprecisely but close to in quantity or amount; approximately. 

  • Unevenly or irregularly. 

  • In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness. 

How often have the words give or take and roughly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )