prototypic vs archetypal

prototypic and archetypal both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, prototypic and archetypal are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of prototypic include archetypical, prototypal, prototypical.

prototypic (adjective)	archetypal (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