near at hand vs upcoming

near at hand

phrase
  • Close or nearby, in terms of distance. 

  • Close, in terms of time. 

upcoming

noun
  • comeuppance; deserts 

  • The act of coming up. 

  • The activity of to upcome 

adj
  • Happening or appearing in the relatively near future. 

  • Eggcorn of up-and-coming. 

  • Pertaining to to upcome 

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