epitome vs paradigm

epitome and paradigm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
epitome	Yes	No	No	No
paradigm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, epitome and paradigm are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of epitome include image, prototype.

epitome (noun)	paradigm (noun)
a standard or typical example	a standard or typical example
a brief abstract (as of an article or book)	the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
	the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
	systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word