Deceased vs Late - What's the difference?
deceased | late | Synonyms |
No longer alive
* That parrot is definitely deceased , and when I purchased it not ’alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein’ tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. Monty Python
Belonging to the dead.
* The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.
(legal): One who has died. In property law', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In ' criminal law , “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
A dead person
* The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
(plural deceased ) dead people
* A memorial to the deceased of two World Wars.
(legal): One who has died. In property law', the alternate term decedent is generally used. In ' criminal law , “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
Near the end of a period of time.
Specifically, near the end of the day.
(usually, not used comparatively) Associated with the end of a period.
Not arriving until after an expected time.
Not having had an expected menstrual period.
(deceased)(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead:
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, title= Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
* 1914 , (Robert Frost), (North of Boston) , "A Hundred Collars":
(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
* 2007 , Paul W Browning, The Good Guys Wear Blue
After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
:Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.
Late is a synonym of deceased.
As adjectives the difference between deceased and late
is that deceased is no longer alive while late is near the end of a period of time.As nouns the difference between deceased and late
is that deceased is a dead person while late is a shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.As an adverb late is
after a deadline has passed, past a designated time.deceased
English
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (no longer alive) asleep, at peace, at rest, dead, departed, late, goneUsage notes
* Not to be confused with diseased (affected with or suffering from disease)Noun
(deceased)Synonyms
* (dead person) dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed, late * dead people, dead souls, deceased people, decedents, departedUsage notes
Deceased'' is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. ''Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.late
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.}}
- Lancaster bore him — such a little town, / Such a great man. It doesn't see him often / Of late years, though he keeps the old homestead / And sends the children down there with their mother
Usage notes
* (deceased) (term) in this sense is unusual among English adjectives in that it qualifies named individuals (in phrases like (term)) without creating a contrast with another Mary who is not late. Contrast (hungry): a phrase like (term) is usually only used if another Mary is under discussion who is not hungry.Noun
(en noun)- At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on lates as usual.
Adverb
(er)- We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late .
