Lite vs Late - What's the difference?
lite | late |
Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.:
Lightweight
(usually, used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness.
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(British, dialect) A little, bit.
(British, dialect) few; little
(British, dialect) To expect; wait.
(British, dialect) To rely.
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.
As a verb lite
is .As a noun late is
(kind of) hatchet, axe, chopper.lite
English
(wikipedia lite)Etymology 1
Variation ofAdjective
(-)- His lite''' dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with ' lite ranch dressing.
- ''My favorite color is lite blue!
Derived terms
* marriage liteEtymology 2
From (etyl) lit,Noun
(-)Adjective
(er)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Verb
(lit)Anagrams
* ----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 .