Unseen vs Latent - What's the difference?
unseen | latent | Related terms |
Not seen or discovered.
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An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
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Unseen is a related term of latent.
As adjectives the difference between unseen and latent
is that unseen is not seen or discovered while latent is existing or present but concealed or inactive.As a verb unseen
is .As a noun unseen
is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.unseen
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
Derived terms
* sight unseenEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- What has been seen cannot be unseen .
Noun
(en noun)- I have French and Latin unseens this summer.
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.