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Nearby vs Aside - What's the difference?

nearby | aside |

As adverbs the difference between nearby and aside

is that nearby is next to, close to while aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way.

As an adjective nearby

is adjacent, near, very close.

As a noun aside is

an incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

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.

    Anagrams

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    aside

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
  • * Bible, 2 (w) iv. 4
  • Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • But soft! but soft! aside : here comes the king.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • The flames were blown aside .
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside , and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • Derived terms

    * aside from * put aside * set aside * step aside

    Postposition

    (head)
  • aside from
  • Joking aside .
    Unusual circumstances aside .
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside , the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}

    Derived terms

    * all kidding aside

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
  • (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
  • Anagrams

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