archetypal vs prototypical

archetypal and prototypical both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, archetypal and prototypical are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of archetypal include archetypical, prototypal, prototypic.

archetypal (adjective)	prototypical (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