Late and Old

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Late

Late adjective - Being far along in development.
Usage example: late impressionism gave rise to pointillism
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Old is an antonym for late in topics: recent, new, not on time.
Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
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Late is an antonym for old in topics: traditional, advanced in age.
Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish
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  • Intergenerational Friendship The 12 year old befriends the several hundred year old Man Child (who was probably in his late 30s at his time of death).
    Source: Intergenerational Friendship
  • Younger Than They Look Jack Marston from Red Dead Redemption, after the epilogue timeskip, is only nineteen, yet he's the spitting image of his late 37-years-old father, John.
    Source: Younger Than They Look
  • Film / It Follows Aluminum Christmas Trees: Notable as a bit of late-20th-century flavor is how the working television has been placed on the old, dead, bigger TV.
    Source: Film / It Follows
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