Typical vs Prototype - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between typical and prototype is that typical is anything that is typical, normal, or standard while prototype is an original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations. As an adjective typical is capturing the overall sense of a thing. As a verb prototype is to create a prototype of.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
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.
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Synonyms
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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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prototype Noun
( en noun)
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
- The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.
(semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
- A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.
(computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none of the body, or actual code.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* prototype theory
Related terms
* first article
Verb
(prototyp)
To create a prototype of.
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