antecedent vs prototype

antecedent

noun
  • A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. 

  • The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent. 

  • An ancestor. 

  • Previous principles, conduct, history, etc. 

  • Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. 

  • The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true. 

  • The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent. 

adj
  • Earlier, either in time or in order. 

  • Presumptive. 

prototype

noun
  • An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes. 

  • An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. 

  • An early sample or model built to test a concept or process. 

  • A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car. 

  • A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code. 

verb
  • To create a prototype of. 

How often have the words antecedent and prototype occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )