anterior vs later

anterior

adj
  • Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding. 

  • Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t. 

  • (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem. 

  • Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal. 

later

adj
  • Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). 

  • At some time in the future. 

  • Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase) 

adv
  • Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). 

  • At some unspecified time in the future. 

intj
  • See you later; goodbye. 

How often have the words anterior and later occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )