Near vs Side - What's the difference?
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Physically close.
* Dryden
Closely connected or related.
* Bible, Leviticus xviii. 12
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
(of an event) Approaching.
Approximate, almost.
(dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
(obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
* Milton
(obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
(colloquial) nearly
* 1666 Samuel Pepys Diary and Correspondence (1867)
* 1825 David Hume, Tobias George Smollett The History of England p. 263
* 2003 Owen Parry Honor's Kingdom p. 365
* 2004 Jimmy Buffett A Salty Piece of Land p. 315, p. 35
* 2006 Juliet Marillier The Dark Mirror p. 377
Close to, in close proximity to.
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A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
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, title= A region in a specified position with respect to something.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
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One set of competitors in a game.
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A sports team.
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A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
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* Landor
*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.
* Alexander Pope
*:sets the passions on the side of truth
Sidespin; english
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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).
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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
* Milton
*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
* 1597 , Francis Bacon, Essays – "Of Great Place":
* Alexander Pope
* 1958 , Archer Fullingim, The Kountze [Texas] News, August 28, 1958 :
To lean on one side.
(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
To furnish with a siding.
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
* Dryden
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
* Hooker
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
* Laneham
(Scotland) Far; distant.
As a noun near
is the left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.As an adjective near
is physically close.As an adverb near
is having a small intervening distance with regard to something.As a preposition near
is close to, in close proximity to.As a verb near
is to come closer to; to approach.As a proper noun side is
an ancient city on a small peninsula on the mediterranean coast of anatolia, settled by greeks from cyme.near
English
Synonyms
* near sideAntonyms
* off sideSee also
* nearsideAdjective
(er)- He served great Hector, and was ever near , / Not with his trumpet only, but his spear.
- She is thy father's near kinswoman.
- a near friend
- a version near to the original
- a near escape
- The end is near .
- The two words are near synonyms.
- the near''' ox; the '''near leg
- the nearest way
Antonyms
* remoteDerived terms
* near abroad * near-death experience * near-Earth object * Near East * near infrared * near-minimal pair * near miss * near the knuckle * nearly * nearnessAdverb
(er)- I'm near -sighted.
- ...he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France....
- Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.
- Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.
- "I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.
- The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.
Derived terms
* nearsightedPreposition
(English prepositions)- He entered the inn, and asking for dinner, unbuckled his wallet, and sat down to rest himself near the door.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.}}
- It shied, balked, and whinnied, and in the end he could do nothing but drive it into the yard while the men used their own strength to get the heavy wagon near enough the hayloft for convenient pitching.
John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
Usage notes
Joan Maling (1983) shows that near'' is best analysed as an adjective with which the use of ''to'' is optional, rather than a preposition. It has the comparative and the superlative, and it can be followed by ''enough''. The use of ''to however is usually British.Antonyms
* far fromSee also
* (wikipedia) * para- * nighReferences
* Joan Maling (1983),Transitive Adjectives: A Case of Categorial Reanalysis'', in F. Henry and B. Richards (eds.), ''Linguistic Categories: Auxiliaries and Related Puzzles , vol.1, pp. 253-289.
Statistics
*side
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
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Synonyms
* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)Derived terms
* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upsideVerb
(sid)- Which will you side with , good or evil?
- All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
- (Francis Bacon)
- His blind eye that sided Paridell.
- (Clarendon)
- to side a house
Synonyms
* (ally oneself) * take sideDerived terms
* side with * sidingSee also
* ally * alliance * join inStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
- a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark
- The law hath no side respect to their persons.
- His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
- (Shakespeare)
