Difference between Last and Next To Last

LAST vs NEXT TO LAST: NOUN

The end.
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.
A unit of volume or weight varying for different commodities and in different districts, equal to about 80 bushels, 640 gallons, or 2 tons.
One that is at the end or last.
A person's dying act; the last thing a person can do
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
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.
The final mention or appearance.
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

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

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 extend; reach.
To follow out; carry out; perform; do.
To find fault with; blame.
To form on or by a last; fit to a last, as the materials for a boot or shoe.
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
To continue to be; remain in existence; continue in progress.
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
Persist for a specified period of time
(idiom) (at last) After a considerable length of time; finally.
(idiom) (at long last) After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay.

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

Leaving, Kast, Medial, Catchword, Cue, Paroxytone, Thousandth, Psi, Antepenultimate, Anadiplosis, Semi, Semifinal, Penult, Next to last, Penultimate

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

Leaving, Leave, Going, Cycle, Cue, Catchword, Paroxytone, Thousandth, Psi, Antepenultimate, Anadiplosis, Semi, Semifinal, Next to last, Penultimate

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.

The Vikings defense ranks next to last in the NFL overall.
Karlovic lost serve just once in the next-to-last game.
Next to last BFG Armada update, then I am done.
We began the next to last chapter of this mystery!
Srj It was the next to last one.
How can I determine if my VW Super Beetle was the last to cone off the assembly line or next to last?
The Celtics went from being a top-10 rebounding team in 2008-09 (42.1) to next to last last season (38.6).
But investors will be looking for signs of whether this rate hike is the last - or next to last - for some time.
For most certificate and diploma students, this will be when they enroll in their last or next to last course.
Our neighbors ranked us last in looks; outsiders said we were next to last.