Difference between Almost and Nearly

ALMOST vs NEARLY: NOUN

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Hardly ever; scarcely ever.
Scarcely anything.
Very close
Not quite
Slightly short of; not quite; nearly.

In a close manner
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
Almost but not quite.
In a close manner; intimately.
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
Almost, but not quite; slightly short of
Intimately; closely

All but
Exactly; precisely.
With niggardliness or parsimony.
Within a little of; almost: as, nearly twenty; the prisoner nearly escaped; nearly dead with cold.
Intimately; pressingly; with a close relation to one's interest or happiness.
Closely: as, two persons nearly related.
Close at hand; in close proximity; at no great distance; hence, narrowly; with close scrutiny.

Barely, Hardly, Essentially, Just, Roughly, Practically, All but, Well nigh, Just about, Near, Most, About, Nigh, Virtually, Nearly

Over, Practically, Approximately, Roughly, All but, Well nigh, Just about, Closely, Intimately, Near, Nigh, Most, About, Virtually, Almost

Half, Basically, Barely, Hardly, Essentially, Just, Roughly, Practically, All but, Just about, Near, Most, Nigh, Virtually, Nearly

Barely, Mostly, More, Over, Practically, Approximately, Roughly, All but, Just about, Intimately, Near, Nigh, Most, Virtually, Almost

This translation to special cases is almost automatic.
Almost all rooms at the lodge have balconies.
Their lifespan is almost invariably measured in decades.
Canada, so I almost exclusively accept bank transfers.
Guess what, we are almost at the end!
They almost took away my portable shaver too.
Dancing is almost regarded as a national heritage.
The questionnaire used four responses: almost always true, often true, seldom true, and almost never true.
See folks, I want you to know almost everybody in America almost does enough to win.
Because they do control almost all the channels of cultural transmission, that gives them almost unlimited respawns.

Judge Hand called for nearly a century ago.
Everybody nearly died of thirst that first day.
Supreme Court unanimously recognized nearly a century ago.
The unit I nearly lost from overextending myself.
Nearly all on left and right say no.
With shoes, nearly every store offers reward programs.
Jurupa Valley nearly two years ago was in.
In biological systems, nearly all amino acids are L isomers and nearly all sugars are D isomers.
On Saturday night he very nearly was, coming within a hair of several sacks and nearly batting down a couple of passes.
Interestingly, in each case when Booking claimed a property was nearly full, it has been nearly empty.