Latent vs Established - What's the difference?
latent | established |
Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
* 2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered , National Public Radio
(establish)
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
As adjectives the difference between latent and established
is that latent is existing or present but concealed or inactive while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.As a verb established is
(establish).latent
English
Adjective
(-)- Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent ." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.
Synonyms
*(concealed) hidden, invisible *(inactive) dormantAntonyms
*(concealed) apparent, patent, visibleAnagrams
* * ----established
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.