different between antitype vs antetype

English

From Ancient Greek ????????? (antítupos).

antitype (plural antitypes)

Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.

antetype (plural antetypes)

An archetype or prototype; something serving as a model for what comes later.
- 1889, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences and Analytical Index (page 10)
  The latter is the matrix or mould which serves as the antetype of the mature product, and the same can also be said of interstitial bones.

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