different between nearer vs closer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n????/
• Rhymes: -????(?)

Adjective

nearer

1. Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.

   There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.

Preposition

nearer

1. Closer to.

   I'd like to live nearer to the office.

   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Star:

     The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a little nearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day.

Anagrams

• earner, re-earn, reearn

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?s?/

Adjective

closer

1. comparative form of close: more close

Etymology 2

From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??z?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klo?z?/

Noun

closer (plural closers)

1. Someone or something that closes.

   In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer.

2. Someone or something that concludes.

   The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.

3. (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)
4. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

5. (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See Wikipedia:closer (baseball)

   They brought their closer in for the ninth.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cloers, Clores, Corles, ceorls, cresol, escrol, sclero-