paragon vs class act

paragon and class act both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paragon	Yes	No	No	No
class act	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, class act is a hyponym of paragon; that is, class act is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than paragon:

Other hyponyms of paragon include crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey, humdinger.

paragon (noun)	class act (noun)
an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept	someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal