prototypical vs archetypal

prototypical and archetypal both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, prototypical and archetypal are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of prototypical include archetypical, prototypal, prototypic.

prototypical (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