Main Difference
The main difference between Leather and Latex is that the Leather is a durable and flexible material created by the tanning of animal rawhide and skin and Latex is a stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium.
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Leather
Leather is a natural durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhides and skins. The most common raw material is cattle hide. It can be produced at manufacturing scales ranging from artisan to modern industrial scale.
Leather is used to make a variety of articles, including footwear, automobile seats, clothing, bags, book bindings, fashion accessories, and furniture. It is produced in a wide variety of types and styles and decorated by a wide range of techniques. The earliest record of leather artifacts dates back to 2200 BC.
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Latex
Latex is a stable dispersion (emulsion) of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. It is found in nature, but synthetic latexes can be made by polymerizing a monomer such as styrene that has been emulsified with surfactants.
Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosperms). It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins, and gums that coagulate on exposure to air. It is usually exuded after tissue injury. In most plants, latex is white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet latex. Since the 17th century, latex has been used as a term for the fluid substance in plants. It serves mainly as defense against herbivorous insects. Latex is not to be confused with plant sap; it is a separate substance, separately produced, and with separate functions.
The word latex is also used to refer to natural latex rubber, particularly non-vulcanized rubber. Such is the case in products like latex gloves, latex condoms and latex clothing.
Originally, the name given to latex by indigenous Equator tribes who cultivated the plant was “caoutchouc”, from the words “caa” (tear) and “ochu” (tree), because of the way it is collected.
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Leather (noun)
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
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Leather (noun)
A piece of the above used for polishing.
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Leather (noun)
A cricket ball or football.
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Leather (noun)
(plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
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Leather (noun)
A good defensive play
“Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.”
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Leather (noun)
The skin.
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Leather (adjective)
Made of leather.
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Leather (adjective)
Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
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Leather (verb)
To cover with leather.
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Leather (verb)
To strike forcefully.
“He leathered the ball all the way down the street.”
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Leather (verb)
To beat with a leather belt or strap.
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Latex (noun)
A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid esp. plasma and lymph
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Latex (noun)
The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
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Latex (noun)
An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
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Latex (noun)
Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.
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Leather (noun)
a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process
“a leather jacket”
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Leather (noun)
leather clothes, especially those worn by a motorcyclist
“he was dressed head to toe in black leathers”
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Leather (noun)
a piece of leather as a polishing cloth.
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Leather (noun)
short for stirrup leather
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Leather (verb)
beat or thrash (someone)
“he caught me and leathered me black and blue”
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Leather (verb)
strike or kick (a ball) very hard
“Carlos took his customary 20-metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it”
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Latex (noun)
a milky fluid found in many plants, such as poppies and spurges, which exudes when the plant is cut and coagulates on exposure to the air. The latex of the rubber tree is the chief source of natural rubber.
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Latex (noun)
a synthetic product resembling latex used to make paints, coatings, etc.