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Prototypal vs Prototypical - What's the difference?

prototypal | prototypical |

As adjectives the difference between prototypal and prototypical

is that prototypal is of or pertaining to a prototype while prototypical is constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from.

prototypal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a prototype

    • Synonyms

    *archetypal *prototypic

    prototypical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from

    • Synonyms

    *archetypal *archtypic *archetypical *prototypic

    Derived terms

    * prototypically