near thing vs turning away

near thing and turning away both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
near thing	Yes	No	No	No
turning away	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, turning away is a hypernym of near thing; that is, turning away is a word with a broader meaning than near thing:

near thing: something that barely avoids failure or disaster
turning away: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Other hypernyms of near thing include avoidance, dodging, shunning.

near thing (noun)	turning away (noun)
something that barely avoids failure or disaster	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening