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Atypical vs Prototypical - What's the difference?

atypical | prototypical |

As adjectives the difference between atypical and prototypical

is that atypical is not conforming to the normal type while prototypical is constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from.

As a noun atypical

is an atypical antipsychotic.

atypical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not conforming to the normal type.
  • Unusual or irregular.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.

    • prototypical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from

    • Synonyms

    *archetypal *archtypic *archetypical *prototypic

    Derived terms

    * prototypically