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by seanmcdirmid 4502 days ago
If we go by intent: a mockup is used to get project buy-in and early feedback from stakeholders; design is still at the planning stage. A prototype is an abstraction of the system used to validate interaction features during design.

Getting terminology right is important from "does X solve problem Z, and are X and Y the same thing when it comes to solving problem Z."