near vs online

near

adj
  • Closely connected or related. 

  • Physically close. 

  • So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow. 

  • Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling. 

  • Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. 

  • Close in time. 

  • Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear. 

  • Approximate, almost. 

  • On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left). 

verb
  • To come closer to; to approach. 

noun
  • The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc. 

prep
  • Close to in time. 

  • Physically close to, in close proximity to. 

  • Close to in nature or degree. 

adv
  • At or towards a position close in space or time. 

  • Nearly; almost. 

online

adj
  • Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. 

  • Available over, or delivered from, the Internet. 

  • Connected to the Internet. 

  • Available on a computer system, even if not networked. 

  • Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. 

  • Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant. 

  • Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally) 

adv
  • While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet. 

verb
  • To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state. 

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