nearer

Etymology

adj

1. Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.
   There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.

prep

1. Closer to.
   I'd like to live nearer the office.
   The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a little nearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day. 1897, H. G. Wells, The Star