Near and Recent

Near

Near adjective - Being the less far of two.

Recent and near are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Near".

Nearby Words: nearly, nearby, nearness

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

Near and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Near" instead an adjective "Recent".

Nearby Words: recently, recency

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Hilarity Ensues with a recent Parents' Television Council statement on the "near pedophilia" of a recent racy GQ shoot starring Lea Michele and Diana Agron.
  • Recent additions to the lore rendered near-human argument moot as not only near-humans can interbreed with humans but also species like Zabrak and Twi'lek.
  • Dundee United, which have been considerably more successful that their near-neighbour in recent decades, were founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909, and make up the other half of the "New Firm".
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