archetypal vs prototypic

archetypal and prototypic both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
archetypal	No	Yes	No	No
prototypic	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, archetypal and prototypic are synonyms defined as:

archetypal and prototypic: representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Other synonyms of archetypal include archetypical, prototypal, prototypical.

archetypal (adjective)	prototypic (adjective)
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned	representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned