prototype vs stencil

prototype

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

stencil

noun
  • A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. 

  • A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. 

  • A pattern produced using such a utensil. 

verb
  • To print with a stencil. 

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