Hither vs Nearby - What's the difference?
hither | nearby |
(literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
over here
(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)
adjacent, near, very close
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
(-)- He went hither and thither.
Derived terms
* hitherto * hitherwardAdjective
(-)nearby
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.