crackerjack vs paragon

crackerjack and paragon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crackerjack	Yes	No	No	No
paragon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paragon is a hypernym of crackerjack; that is, paragon is a word with a broader meaning than crackerjack:

Other hypernyms of crackerjack include apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, saint.

crackerjack (noun)	paragon (noun)
something excellent of its kind	an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
someone excellent of their kind	model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal