holotype vs model

model vs holotype

holotype and model both are nouns.

holotype is not an adjective while model is an adjective.

holotype is not a verb while model is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
holotype	Yes	No	No	No
model	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, model is a hypernym of holotype; that is, model is a word with a broader meaning than holotype:

holotype: the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
model: a representative form or pattern

Other hypernyms of holotype include example.

holotype (noun)	model (noun)
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made	the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
	representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
	a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
	something to be imitated
	a representative form or pattern
	a type of product
	a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
	someone worthy of imitation
	a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

holotype (adjective)	model (adjective)
	worthy of imitation

holotype (verb)	model (verb)
	form in clay, wax, etc
	construct a model in the likeness of
	plan or create according to a model or models
	create a representation or simulation of
	display (clothes) as a mannequin
	assume a posture as for artistic purposes

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