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Latter vs Stairs - What's the difference?

latter | stairs |

As an adjective latter

is relating to or being the second of two items.

As a noun stairs is

a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

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

    *

    stairs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (label) A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
  • * '>citation
  • *, chapter=13
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}

    • Synonyms

    * (contiguous set of steps ): stairway, staircase

    Anagrams

    * * English plurals