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antitype vs variety

variety vs antitype

antitype and variety both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antitype Yes No No No
variety Yes No No No
As nouns, variety is a hypernym of antitype; that is, variety is a word with a broader meaning than antitype:
  • antitype: an opposite or contrasting type
  • variety: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Other hypernyms of antitype include form, kind, sort.
antitype (noun) variety (noun)
a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament noticeable heterogeneity
an opposite or contrasting type a difference that is usually pleasant
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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