bear down on vs draw near

bear down on and draw near both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bear down on	No	No	Yes	No
draw near	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, draw near is a hypernym of bear down on; that is, draw near is a word with a broader meaning than bear down on:

Other hypernyms of bear down on include approach, come near, come on, draw close, go up, near.

bear down on (verb)	draw near (verb)
exert a force with a heavy weight	move towards
sail towards another vessel, of a ship