Forerunner vs Prototype - What's the difference?
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a runner at the front or ahead
(sport) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
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a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
(philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own
something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing.
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.
Forerunner is a related term of prototype.
As nouns the difference between forerunner and prototype
is that forerunner is a runner at the front or ahead while prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations.As a verb prototype is
to create a prototype of.forerunner
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Noun
(en noun)- Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
prototype
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(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.