prototypical vs archetypical

prototypical and archetypical both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, prototypical and archetypical are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of prototypical include archetypal, prototypal, prototypic.

prototypical (adjective)	archetypical (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