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Hither vs Nearby - What's the difference?

hither | nearby |

As adverbs the difference between hither and nearby

is that hither is to this place, to here while nearby is next to, close to.

As adjectives the difference between hither and nearby

is that hither is on this side; the nearer while nearby is adjacent, near, very close.

hither

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
    • He went hither and thither.
  • over here

    • Derived terms

    * hitherto * hitherward

    Related terms

    * thither * whither * hither and thither

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
  • * 1954', The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the '''hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, ''The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

    • 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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