paradigm vs epitome

paradigm and epitome both are nouns.

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

As nouns, paradigm and epitome are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of paradigm include image, prototype.

paradigm (noun)	epitome (noun)
a standard or typical example	a standard or typical example
the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time	a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
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