contiguous vs near at hand

contiguous

adj

  • Connected; touching; abutting. 

  • Adjacent; neighboring. 

  • Connecting without a break. 

near at hand

phrase

  • Close or nearby, in terms of distance. 

  • Close, in terms of time. 

How often have the words contiguous and near at hand occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )