Near and Parallel

Near

Near verb - To come near or nearer.

Parallel and near are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead the word "Near" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: nearly, nearby, nearness

Parallel

Parallel verb - To be the exact counterpart of.
Usage example: developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life

Near and parallel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Near" instead the word "Parallel" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Both words in one sentence

  • Synopsis: Starting near the end of Brotherhood, Ed finds himself on the other side of the portal of Truth, in a parallel world much like Amestris.
  • Near the end it's revealed that it refers to fifty-two parallel universes - after being destroyed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths twenty years ago, The Multiverse has returned.
    Source: The Namesake
  • Death World Hallwad, a native of Greywall’d (the world parallel to Earth that the Myles Mountains are in), realises Lu is not, as people native to Greywall’d know they should not come ‘a day’s walking worth of distance’ near them.
    Source: Death World
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