Antitype vs. Prototype — What's the Difference?

One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament.

A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and software programming.

An opposite or contrasting type.

An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard

Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.

An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.

A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.

A typical example of a class or category

That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.

To make a prototype of (a product).

A person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament

An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.

An opposite or contrasting type

An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.

(computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.

(semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.

(motorsport) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.

(transitive) To create a prototype of.

An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.

A standard or typical example;