Prototype vs Prototypical - What's the difference?
prototype | prototypical |
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.
constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from
As a noun 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.As an adjective prototypical is
constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from.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.