late vs dead

late is not a noun while dead is a noun.

late and dead both are adjectives.

late and dead both are adverbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
late	No	Yes	No	Yes
dead	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

late (noun)	dead (noun)
	people who are no longer living
	a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

late (adjective)	dead (adjective)
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time	no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages	not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
at or toward an end or late period or stage of development	the complete stoppage of an action
having died recently	not surviving in active use
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time	physically inactive
after the expected or usual time; delayed	devoid of activity
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past	lacking resilience or bounce
	out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
	devoid of physical sensation; numb
	(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
	no longer having force or relevance
	unerringly accurate
	not circulating or flowing
	very tired
	drained of electric charge; discharged
	not yielding a return
	lacking acoustic resonance

late (adverb)	dead (adverb)
later than usual or than expected	completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
to an advanced time	quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
at an advanced age or stage
in the recent past

Difference between late and dead

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