Recent vs Latest - What's the difference?
recent | latest |
Having happened a short while ago.
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, title= Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
(late)
Last, final.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
Most recent.
At the latest.
The most recent thing, particularly information or news.
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author=(Edward Digby Baltzell), year=1979, passage=It has often been said that Philadelphia is the city of firsts, Boston of bests, and New York of latests .}}
Latest is a synonym of recent.
As adjectives the difference between recent and latest
is that recent is having happened a short while ago while latest is superlative of late.As an adverb latest is
superlative of late POS=adverb.As a noun latest is
the most recent thing, particularly information or news.recent
English
Adjective
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In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
- The cause has several hundred recent donors.
- I met three recent graduates at the conference.
Derived terms
* recently * recent memoryAnagrams
* ----latest
English
Adjective
(-)- Whiles the sad pang approching she does feele, / Brayes out her latest breath, and vp her eyes doth seele.
- Here is the latest news on the accident.
Adverb
(head)- Complete the XYZ task latest by today 5:00PM.
Noun
(en noun)- Have you heard the latest ?
- What's the latest on the demonstrations in New York?
- Have you met Jane's latest ? I hear he's a hunk.