later vs latter
Definitions
adjective
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
adverb
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- at some eventual time in the future
- comparative of the adverb `late'
Examples
But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today
The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
He came back hours later clothes ragged, an excited look on his face.
Definitions
adjective
- referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
noun
- the second of two or the second mentioned of two
Examples
The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine.
Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
The nerves are the terminal branches of the right and left vagi, the former being distributed upon the back, and the latter upon the front part of the organ.
