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Latter vs Leather - What's the difference?

latter | leather |

As adjectives the difference between latter and leather

is that latter is relating to or being the second of two items while leather is made of leather.

As a noun leather is

a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing.

As a verb leather is

to cover with leather.

latter

English

Adjective

(-)
  • relating to or being the second of two items
  • * I. Watts
    • the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior
  • near (or nearer) to the end
  • close (or closer) to the present time
  • * John Locke
    • Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?

    Antonyms

    * aforesaid * aforementioned * former

    Related terms

    * latter-day * latterly * lattermath * last, the superlative form of "latter"

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * * * ---- Bob ==Jèrriais==

    Verb

    (roa-jer-verb)
  • to beat, spank, cane

    • Synonyms

    * (l), ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • laughter
  • laugh
    • en god latter - a good laugh

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

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    leather

    English

    (wikipedia leather)

    Noun

  • A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
  • A piece of the above used for polishing.
  • (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
  • (plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  • (baseball) A good defensive play
    • Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  • (dated, humorous) The skin.

    • Hyponyms

    (types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin

    Derived terms

    *stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of leather.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with leather.
  • To strike forcefully.
    • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

    Derived terms

    * hell-for-leather * leatherback * leatherette * leatherhead * leatherjacket * leather jacket * leather-lunged * leathern * leathery * wash-leather

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