Current vs. Latest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Current and Latest
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Current
Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now
Keep abreast of current events
I started my current job in 2001
Latest
Superlative of late.
Current
A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement
Ocean currents
Latest
Something that is the most recent or current of its kind
The latest in electronic gadgetry.
Current
A flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles
This completes the circuit so that a current flows to the lamp
Magnetic fields are produced by currents flowing in the cables
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Latest
Last, final.
Current
The general tendency or course of events or opinion
The student movement formed a distinct current of protest
Latest
Most recent.
Here is the latest news on the accident.
My latest album, which is being published next week, is better than her last one.
Current
Belonging to the present time; present-day
Current events.
Current leaders.
My current address.
Latest
At the latest.
Complete the XYZ task latest by today 5:00PM.
Current
Being in progress now
Current negotiations.
Latest
The most recent thing, particularly information or news.
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.
Current
Commonly accepted or used; prevalent
Current fashions.
Current technology.
Latest
Up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date;
The news is up-to-the-minute
The very latest scientific discoveries
Current
Passing from one to another; circulating, as money or a rumor
Current bills and coins.
Latest
In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style;
Wears only the latest style
The last thing in swimwear
Knows the newest dances
Cutting-edge technology
A with-it boutique
Current
Running; flowing.
Current
A steady, smooth onward flow or movement
A current of air from a fan.
A current of spoken words.
Current
The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement
Rowed out into the river's swift current.
Current
A general tendency, movement, or course.
Current
A flow of electric charge.
Current
The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time, usually expressed in amperes.
Current
The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
Current
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) nocap=a.
Current
(electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
Current
A tendency or a course of events
Current
Existing or occurring at the moment.
Current events
Current leaders
Current negotiations
Current
Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
Current affairs
Current bills and coins
Current fashions
Current
(India) Electric; of or relating to electricity.
Current bill
Current shock
Current
(obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.
Current
Running or moving rapidly.
Like the current fire, that rennethUpon a cord.
To chase a creature that was current thenIn these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
Current
Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
Current
Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him.
Current
Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
Current
Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
O Buckingham, now do I play the touchTo try if thou be current gold indeed.
Current
A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
Two such silver currents, when they join,Do glorify the banks that bound them in.
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know.
Current
General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
Current
A flow of electricity through a conductor;
The current was measured in amperes
Current
A steady flow (usually from natural causes);
The raft floated downstream on the current
He felt a stream of air
Current
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
Two streams of development run through American history
Stream of consciousness
The flow of thought
The current of history
Current
Occurring in or belonging to the present time;
Current events
The current topic
Current negotiations
Current psychoanalytic theories
The ship's current position
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