Difference between Last and Earlier

LAST vs EARLIER: NOUN

The final mention or appearance.
The end.
One that is at the end or last.
A unit of volume or weight varying for different commodities and in different districts, equal to about 80 bushels, 640 gallons, or 2 tons.
A person's dying act; the last thing a person can do
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
The last or lowest in an ordering or series
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
The temporal end; the concluding time
A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes.
Power of holding out; endurance; stamina.
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value; hence, a particular weight or measure, varying in amount in different localities and for different commodities.
A burden; a load; a cargo.
Fault.
A wooden pattern or model of the human foot, on which shoes are formed.
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

Used as an intensive.
Being the latest possible.
The least desirable or suitable.
Least likely or expected.
Most valid, authoritative, or conclusive.
Administered just before death.
Highest in extent or degree; utmost.
Highest in extent or degree
Occurring at the time of death
Lowest in rank or importance
Most up-to-date; newest.
Just past; most recent.
Being the only one left.
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Being, coming, or placed after all others; final.
Conclusive in a process or progression
Not to be altered or undone
In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
Of or relating to a terminal period or stage, as of life.
Most unlikely or unsuitable

To form on or by a last; fit to a last, as the materials for a boot or shoe.
To follow out; carry out; perform; do.
To extend; reach.
To continue to be; remain in existence; continue in progress.
To hold out; continue unexhausted or unconsumed; escape failure or loss.
To continue unimpaired; remain fresh, unfaded, or unspoiled; continue to be available or serviceable; wear well: as, this color will last.
To find fault with; blame.
At the end of the series; after all others.
In conclusion; finally; lastly.
For the last time; on the last occasion before the present time.
Immediately past
Persist for a specified period of time
Continue to live and avoid dying
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
The temporal end
The concluding time
A person's dying act
The final thing a person can do
The time at which life ends
Continuing until dead
Continue to live through hardship or adversity
(idiom) (at long last) After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay.
(idiom) (at last) After a considerable length of time; finally.

Latter, Close, Concluding, Finale, Finish, Latest, Lowest, Finally, End, Penultimate, Worst, Final, Late, Later, Past

Previously, Preceding, Recently, Prior, Ago, Later, Previous, To begin with, Last, In the first place, In the beginning, Sooner, Past, Originally, Before

Unlikely, Latter, Close, Concluding, Finale, Finish, Latest, Lowest, End, Penultimate, Worst, Final, Late, Later, Past

Initial, Shortly, Late, Pervious, First, Preceding, Recently, Prior, Ago, Later, Previous, Last, Sooner, Past, Before

The last to exercise that authority was Jimmy Carter; the last to receive it was Ronald Reagan.
This Addendum is effective upon receipt of the last approval necessary and the affixing of the last signaturerequired.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
Lenders commonly request anywhere from the last three months to the last three years of bank statements.
Agents that are growing know how many quotes they received today, yesterday, this week, last week, last quarter; well, you get the picture.
Over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.
The licence will last for five years from the date the HMO was last registered.
Act, was proposed last year and was introduced by Congress last week.
Yeah, so last, as Mike stated, last fiscal year, we had four schools in First Day Complete.
The search continues for a missing Atlanta mom last seen in South Florida last month.

Should manual external cephalic version be done earlier?
Anyway, you should have seen Corporal Sykes earlier.
Thanks so much for your prompt response earlier.
The earlier the diagnosis, the earlier the intervention, the better outcome.
Receiving the payment a year earlier allows you to redeploy the principal into another investment a year earlier.
There are also marginal notes referring to laws in earlier volumes and to earlier and later matters in the same volume.
Because girls mature at an earlier age than boys, their growth plates change into hard bone at an earlier age.
The earlier you apply, the earlier you will receive your award information.
Other organisms may have produced the earlier oxygen, or cyanobacteria may have evolved earlier than thought.
It is well said that earlier you file, the earlier your return may possibly be processed.