Case
Case noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: this is a perfect case of people jumping to the wrong conclusion before all the facts are known
Prototype and case are semantically related. in example topic. In some cases you can use "Prototype" instead a noun "Case".
Prototype
Prototype noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: a literary character who is universally regarded as the ultimate prototype of the spoiled, willful Southern belle
Case and prototype are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Prototype".
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- In the case of expensive and rushed projects, the final project might have been made by cannibalizing parts of the prototype, or might actually be the prototype after a whole lot of upgrades and patches.
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The one major case of a prototype that's clearly superior to the followup model is Grahf's Alpha Weltall, which is built using 4000-year-old Lost Nanotechnology that can't be replicated in the modern world.
Source: Super Prototype - This is at least a justified case, as the Commandant is introduced as a prototype, and similar creations are explicitly being mass-produced during the 10 year interval at the game's halfway point.
Source: Degraded Boss
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