Concept vs. Prototype
Difference Between Concept and Prototype
Concept➦
Concepts are defined as abstract ideas or general notions that occur in the mind, in speech, or in thought. They are understood to be the fundamental building blocks of thoughts and beliefs.
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Prototype➦
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.
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Concept➦
an abstract idea
structuralism is a difficult concept
the concept of justice
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Prototype➦
An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard
"The abolitionists were the prototype of modern citizen activism" (Adam Hochschild).
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Concept➦
A general idea or understanding of something
the concept of inertia.
the concept of free will.
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Prototype➦
An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
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Concept➦
A plan or original idea
The original concept was for a building with 12 floors.
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Prototype➦
A typical example of a class or category
"He fit the prototype of the artist as social misfit and compulsive contrarian" (Stephen Holden).
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Concept➦
A unifying idea or theme, especially for a product or service
a new restaurant concept.
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Prototype➦
To make a prototype of (a product).
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Concept➦
Having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features
a concept car.
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Prototype➦
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
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Concept➦
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
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Prototype➦
An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
The prototype had loose wires and rough edges, but it worked.
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Concept➦
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
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Prototype➦
(computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
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Concept➦
(generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
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Prototype➦
(semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
A robin is a prototype of a bird; a penguin is not.
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Concept➦
to conceive; to dream up
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Prototype➦
(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.
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Concept➦
An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.
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Prototype➦
(transitive) To create a prototype of.
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Concept➦
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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Prototype➦
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.
They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype.
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Prototype➦
a standard or typical example;
he is the prototype of good breeding
he provided America with an image of the good father
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