What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"?
What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"?
Are they interchangeable?

Thank you in advance!

Question

What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"?
What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"? 
Are they interchangeable?

Thank you in advance!

Answer

They're different parts of speech.

'Near' is a preposition : 'He lives near the sea.'

'Nearby' can be an adverb: 'I waited nearby.'

'Nearby' can also be an adjective: 'He went into a nearby cafe.'

Answer

"Near" can be used as a preposition whereas "nearby" cannot.