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24 May
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What is the difference between Next to and Near to and Nearby ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Next to and Near to and Nearby ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Next to: Right beside it
"The basketball what next to the hoop"
Near to: Not beside it, but it's the closet thing to the object
"The Basketball was near the hoop"
Nearby: Not far away
"The basketball was nearby the hoop"
- English (US)
Next to is if one thing is either against or very close to another.
Near to is if one thing is generally in the area of the another.
Nearby is almost the same as near to, and can be used the same way.
- Arabic

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