further vs nearby

further

adj
  • More distant; relatively distant. 

  • More, additional. 

verb
  • To help forward; to assist. 

  • To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. 

adv
  • To a greater extent or degree. 

  • Beyond what is already stated or is already the case. 

  • Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover. 

  • Following on (from). 

  • To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent. 

nearby

adj
  • adjacent, near, close by 

noun
  • A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest. 

adv
  • next to, close to 

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