Closer
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Someone or something that closes. Someone or something that concludes. A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Closed, shut.
Example sentence: I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.
Nearer
Part of speech: preposition
Definition: Closer
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Less distant from.
Example sentence: I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a Christian. I have now, thought I, solitude enough; but am I therefore the nearer being a Christian? Not if Jesus Christ be the model of Christianity.