What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"?
What's the difference between "near" and "nearby"?
Are they interchangeable?
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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.'
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"Near" can be used as a preposition whereas "nearby" cannot.
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