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Prototropic vs Prototypical - What's the difference?

prototropic | prototypical |

As adjectives the difference between prototropic and prototypical

is that prototropic is (chemistry) of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy while prototypical is constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from.

prototropic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy
  • (biology) Of or pertaining to prototrophs

    • 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