Wiki said it more succinctly than I can, with bullets.
At times, the terms prejudice and stereotype might be confusing:
- Prejudices are abstract-general preconceptions or abstract-general attitudes towards any type of situation, object, or person.
- Stereotypes are generalizations of existing characteristics that reduce complexity.
Since that doesn't disagree with anything I said, I fail to see your point. But what I wanted you to clarify was this part:
Explains a lot.
I think you're mixing up posts again or something.