Close to and On

Close to

Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

On and close to are semantically related in near topic. In some cases you can use "On" instead an adverb phrase "Close to".

On

On adverb - Toward a point ahead in space or time.

Close to and on are semantically related in near topic. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb "On", if it concerns topics such as ahead of.
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