Father vs Prototype - What's the difference?
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A (generally human) male who begets a child.
* Bible, Proverbs x. 1
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A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 10
* Bible, Rom. iv. 16
* Shakespeare
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
* Bible, Job xxix. 16
* Bible, Genesis xiv. 8
The founder of a discipline or science.
A senator of Ancient Rome.
To be a father to; to sire.
* 1592 , v 4
(figuratively) To give rise to.
* 1610 — ii 2
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
* 1610 — iv 2
To provide with a father.
* Shakespeare
To adopt as one's own.
* Jonathan Swift
An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations
An early sample or model built to test a concept or process
(semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
(computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.
To create a prototype of.
As nouns the difference between father and prototype
is that father is a (generally human) male who begets a child while prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations.As verbs the difference between father and prototype
is that father is to be a father to; to sire while prototype is to create a prototype of.As a proper noun Father
is god, the father of Creation.father
English
Noun
(en noun)- A wise son maketh a glad father .
- David slept with his fathers .
- Abraham, who is the father of us all
- Bless you, good father friar!
- I was a father to the poor.
- He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.
Synonyms
* (parent) See alsoAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) mother * (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, childHypernyms
* (a male parent) parentDerived terms
* Father Christmas * Father of Lies * Father Time * Father's Day * fatherhood * father-in-law * fatherland * fatherless * fatherliness * fatherly * forefather * godfather * God the Father * grandfather * great-grandfather * Heavenly Father * how's your father * * stepfatherVerb
(en verb)- Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.
- Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.
- Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.
- Think you I am no stronger than my sex, / Being so fathered and so husbanded?
- Men of wit / Often fathered what he writ.
See also
* beget * grandpa * pater * paternal *Statistics
*prototype
English
(wikipedia prototype)Noun
(en noun)- The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.
- A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.