latency vs latent

latency is a noun but latent is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
latency	Yes	No	No	No
latent	No	Yes	No	No

latency (noun)	latent (noun)
the state of being not yet evident or active
the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

latency (adjective)	latent (adjective)
	(pathology) not presently active
	potentially existing but not presently evident or realized