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Ahead vs Later - What's the difference?

ahead | later |

As adverbs the difference between ahead and later

is that ahead is in or to the front; in advance; onward while later is comparative of late.

As an adjective later is

comparative of late.

As an interjection later is

see you later; goodbye.

ahead

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In or to the front; in advance; onward.
    • The island bore but a little ahead of us. --Fielding.
  • Having progressed more.
    • He is far ahead of his class in math.
  • In the direction one is facing or moving.
    • Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
  • in the future, preceding
  • *{{quote-news, date = 21 August 2012
    • , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them. }}

    Derived terms

    * ahead of one's time * get ahead of oneself * straight ahead

    Antonyms

    * (nautical) astern * behind

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    later

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (late)
    • You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later .
  • Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
    • My roommate arrived first. I arrived later .
    I arrived later than my roommate.
  • At some unspecified time in the future.
    • I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later .

    Antonyms

    * earlier

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (late)
    • Jim was later than John.
  • Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
    • The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
  • At some time in the future.
    • The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

    Antonyms

    * earlier

    Interjection

    (head)
  • (slang) See you later; goodbye.
    • Later , dude.
  • (slang) Dismissive term to minimize importance of an annoying persons.
    • Frequently used with "for you". "Later for you."

    Derived terms

    * later days * later on * save for later * sooner or later

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