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Eventually vs Nearby - What's the difference?

eventually | nearby |

As adverbs the difference between eventually and nearby

is that eventually is in the end while nearby is next to, close to.

As an adjective nearby is

adjacent, near, very close.

eventually

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In the end.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage ,
    • It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
  • (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.

    • Synonyms

    * at last * finally * yet * ultimately * in the end

    See also

    * frequently

    See also

    * sooner or later

    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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