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Environ vs Nearby - What's the difference?

environ | nearby |

As a verb environ

is to surround; to encircle.

As an adjective nearby is

adjacent, near, very close.

As an adverb nearby is

next to, close to.

environ

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To surround; to encircle.
  • * 1673 , ”:
    • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
    By the known rules of antient libertie,
    When strait a barbarous noise environs me
    Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
  • * Spenser
    • Dwelling in a pleasant glade, / With mountains round about environed .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Environed he was with many foes.
  • * John Donne
    • Environ me with darkness whilst I write.

    Related terms

    * environment

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    nearby

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • adjacent, near, very close
    • He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • next to, close to
    • I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

    Usage notes

    Some British writers make the distinction between the adverbial near by'', which is written as two words; and the adjectival ''nearby , which is written as one. In American English, the one-word spelling is standard for both forms.

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