basically vs upwards of

basically

adv
  • in a fundamental, essential or basic manner 

  • mostly; generally; for the most part 

  • used to refer to the most important or fundamental point the speaker is making; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word 

upwards of

prep
  • More than; in excess of. 

How often have the words basically and upwards of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )