bear down upon vs draw near

bear down upon and draw near both are verbs.

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

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

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

bear down upon (verb)	draw near (verb)
sail towards another vessel, of a ship	move towards