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Overdue vs Belated - What's the difference?

overdue | belated |

Belated is a synonym of overdue.



As adjectives the difference between overdue and belated

is that overdue is late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need while belated is later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.

As a verb belated is

past tense of belate.

overdue

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue . When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
  • :

    • belated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (belate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
    • Happy belated birthday!
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.}}

    Synonyms

    * tardy * late * overdue

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