The difference between Conventional and Stereotypical
When used as adjectives, conventional means pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour, whereas stereotypical means pertaining to a stereotype.
Conventional is also noun with the meaning: a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
check bellow for the other definitions of Conventional and Stereotypical
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Conventional as an adjective:
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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Conventional as an adjective:
Ordinary, commonplace.
Examples:
"They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours."
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Conventional as an adjective:
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
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Conventional as a noun (finance):
A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
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Stereotypical as an adjective:
Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
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Stereotypical as an adjective:
banal, commonplace and clichéd because of overuse
Examples:
"I was disappointed by the ''stereotypical'' the-butler-did-it ending."
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Stereotypical as an adjective:
Relating to stereotypy.