apart vs close by

apart

• Aside; away; not included. 

• separately, exclusively, not together 

• Placed separately (in regard to space or time). 

• In or into two or more parts. 

• Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces. 

• Separate, on the side. 

• Exceptional, distinct. 

• Apart from. 

close by

• With the preposition to introducing a noun-phrase complement. 

• With no explicit complement. 

• With a noun-phrase complement. 

• Preceding and modifying a noun.