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
Representative and prototype are semantically related in example topic. In some cases you can use "Representative" instead a noun "Prototype".
Representative
Representative noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: this song is a fairly good representative of the other songs on the album
Prototype and representative are semantically related in model topic. Sometimes you can use "Prototype" instead a noun "Representative", if it concerns topics such as example.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- model and prototype
- model and representative
- ideal and prototype
- ideal and representative
- epitome and prototype
- epitome and representative
- type and prototype
- type and representative
- pattern and prototype
- pattern and representative
- case and prototype
- case and representative
- standard and prototype
- standard and representative
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Usually "their kind" is already powerful (which may be why there aren't any more of them left), but being their last representative gives the character a power boost much like the Inverse Ninja Law, sort of an inverse of being a Super Prototype.
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