nearer

adj

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.”

prep

1. Closer to.

   “I'd like to live nearer the office.”

   “I’ll tell you nearer the time what to do.”

   “I still seem to be no nearer a solution.”

   “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.”