What is the difference between latent and latent defects?

Moreover, that hookup was neither an inherently latent defect nor a deliberately concealed one. In the eyes of the law in this case (if it was a defect) it was a patent defect for which the maxim caveat emptor fully applies: Caveat emptor -"buyer beware" - is a principle often invoked in house purchases to defend against claims that what the purchaser got was not what he thought he was getting. It places responsibility on a purchaser to accept the responsibility of inspecting what he is buying to ensure that he is getting what he intends. Should he fail to examine, then a purchaser cannot be heard to complain. However, certain defects may not be apparent, even on a reasonably close examination, and a purchaser will not be held responsible where a defect is hidden. Defects therefore are separated into those that are apparent (patent defects) and those that are not (latent defects). (Fitzhenry v. Vaccaro 2009 MBQB 97 at para. 69)