Difference between Tardive and Late

Tardive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: belated (of symptoms etc.)

Late

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Near the end of a period of time.Specifically, near the end of the day.Associated with the end of a period.Not arriving until after an expected time.Deceased, dead: (Often used with ; see usage notes.)Recent -- relative to the noun it modifies.

Example sentence: Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.