Prototype vs Classic - What's the difference?
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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.
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
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* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
Exemplary of a particular style.
Exhibiting timeless quality.
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(euphemistic) Traditional; original.
A perfect and/or early example of a particular style.
An artistic work of lasting worth
The author of such a work.
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A major, long-standing sporting event
(dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.
As nouns the difference between prototype and classic
is that prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations while classic is a perfect and/or early example of a particular style.As a verb prototype
is to create a prototype of.As an adjective classic is
of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.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.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* prototype theoryVerb
(prototyp)classic
English
Alternative forms
* classick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.
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Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
- Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.
Synonyms
* classicalNoun
(en noun)- Raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic .