near at hand vs nearby

near at hand

phrase
  • Close or nearby, in terms of distance. 

  • Close, in terms of time. 

nearby

adv
  • next to, close to 

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

adj
  • adjacent, near, close by 

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