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There are several species of equality: \begin{align} \propto & \quad \text{equality except perhaps for a factor with dimension} \notag\\ \sim & \quad \text{equality except perhaps for a factor without dimensions} \notag \\ \approx & \text{equality except perhaps for a factor close to 1} \end{align}
Source: page 6 in Street Fighting Mathematics by Mahajan