(a) There is a large bowl of apples on the table. Paul is going to eat one apple. If he is still hungry after that, he can eat another apple. There are many apples to choose from.
Another means “one more out of group of similar items, one in addition to the one(s) already mentioned.”
Another is combination of an + other, written as one word.
The other
(b) There are two apples on the table. Paul is going to eat one of them. Sara is going to eat the other apple.
The other means “the last one in a specific group, the only one that remains from a given number of similar items.”
(c) Paul ate one apple then he ate (another apple, another one, another)
(d) Paul ate one apple. Sara ate (the other apple, the other one, the other)
Another and the other can be used as adjective in front of a nun (e.g., apple) or in front of the word one.
Another and the other can also be used alone as pronouns.
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