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Paradigmatic vs Typical - What's the difference?

paradigmatic | typical |

As adjectives the difference between paradigmatic and typical

is that paradigmatic is of or pertaining to a paradigm while typical is capturing the overall sense of a thing.

As nouns the difference between paradigmatic and typical

is that paradigmatic is (historical|religion) a writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of christian excellence while typical is anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

paradigmatic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a paradigm
  • related as members of a substitution class
  • (obsolete) exemplary

    • See also

    *syntagmatic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical, religion) A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.

    • typical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * typicall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
  • Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
  • Normal, average; to be expected.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * atypical

    Derived terms

    * typicality * typically * typicalness

    Related terms

    * type

    See also

    * gestalt * gist * resemblance * emblematic * prefigurative * distinctive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
    • Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
    Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.

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