come near vs crowd

come near is not a noun while crowd is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come near	No	No	Yes	No
crowd	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crowd is a hyponym of come near; that is, crowd is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than come near:

Other hyponyms of come near include drive up, bear down on, bear down upon, edge in, edge up, close, push.

come near (noun)	crowd (noun)
	a large number of things or people considered together
	an informal body of friends

come near (verb)	crowd (verb)
move towards	to gather together in large numbers
come near in time	cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
almost do or experience something	approach a certain age or speed
	fill or occupy to the point of overflowing