Latex is the protective fluid contained in tissue beneath the bark of the rubber tree. The potective fluid is a white dispersion of rubber, water, proteins, sugar, ash, dirt and other impurities. The tree uses the latex sap to close wounds in its bark.

Rubber is a component of the latex sap. It is the product which will remain after the latex dired out.

Most of the time, we use the words latex and rubber to describe the material we are using to make the popular tight-fitting clothes