draw near vs crowd

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

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

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

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

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

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