Former vs latter: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: former or latter

How to spell former?

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formeradjective

belonging to some prior time

formeradjective

belonging to the distant past

formeradjective

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past

formernoun

the first of two or the first mentioned of two

formerverb

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

latteradjective

referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

latternoun

the second of two or the second mentioned of two

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