approximal vs next to

approximal

adj
  • Contiguous 

  • Near or adjacent 

next to

prep
  • Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near. 

  • Compared to, in comparison with. 

  • Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from. 

adv
  • Almost; nearly, well-nigh. 

How often have the words approximal and next to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )