Former
Former adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Usage example: the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems
Nearby Word: formerly
Later
Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.
Usage example: the details of the plan will be filled in at a later date
Both words in one sentence
- Some of the best examples of the former and the later respectively are Rococo's and The Curry Lounge.
- Negan brutally kills Abraham instead of Glenn, like he did in the comics (Although the former was already dead by that time that happened)...but then some time later, Negan kills Glenn anyway.
Source: Not His Sled -
This later comes back to bite the main characters in the tail when three of the disenfranchised former members of the Substitute Freedom Fighters become leaders in the government.
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