fore vs later

fore

adj
  • Forward; situated towards the front (of something). 

adv
  • In or towards the bows of a ship. 

  • In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc. 

noun
  • The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. 

intj
  • An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction. 

later

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

  • At some time in the future. 

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

intj
  • See you later; goodbye. 

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

  • At some unspecified time in the future. 

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