later vs not long ago

later

intj
  • See you later; goodbye. 

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

  • At some unspecified time in the future. 

adj
  • At some time in the future. 

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

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

not long ago

How often have the words later and not long ago occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )