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Embodiment vs Exemplar - What's the difference?

embodiment | exemplar |

As nouns the difference between embodiment and exemplar

is that embodiment is a physical entity typifying an abstraction while exemplar is exemplar.

embodiment

English

Noun

(wikipedia embodiment) (en noun)
  • a physical entity typifying an abstraction
    • You are the very embodiment of beauty.
  • * 1880 , W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe
    • The law is the true embodiment Of everything that's excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my Lords, embody the law.

    Synonyms

    * incarnation

    Derived terms

    * disembodiment

    exemplar

    English

    (wikipedia exemplar)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) exemplaire, from exemplarium, from (etyl) exemplum.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
  • A role model.
  • Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
  • A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
  • A well known usage of a scientific theory.
  • A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
  • A copy of a book or writing.
    • (Udall)
    Synonyms
    * See also * See also

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) exemplaire, and its source, (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Exemplary.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare , than yours.
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