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Nearest vs Bearest - What's the difference?

nearest | bearest |

As an adjective nearest

is closest to, (near).

As a preposition nearest

is closest to.

As a verb bearest is

(archaic) second-person singular present simple form of bear .

nearest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Closest to, (near).
  • * 1843 , (Edgar Allan Poe), :
    • Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • closest to

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    bearest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of bear

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