Progenitor vs Prototype - What's the difference?
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A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
(biology) An ancestral form of a species
(figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
(figuratively) Someone who originates something.
A founder.
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.
Progenitor is a related term of prototype.
As nouns the difference between progenitor and prototype
is that progenitor is a forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors 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.progenitor
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Alternative forms
* progenitour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- ''Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
- was the progenitor of the Internet.
Derived terms
* legendary progenitorprototype
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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.
