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Prototypical vs Stereotypical - What's the difference?

prototypical | stereotypical |

As adjectives the difference between prototypical and stereotypical

is that prototypical is constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from while stereotypical is pertaining to a stereotype; conventional.

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

    stereotypical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
  • banal, commonplace and because of overuse
    • I was disappointed by the ''stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.

    Derived terms

    * stereotypically