paralytic vs paretic

paralytic and paretic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paralytic	Yes	Yes	No	No
paretic	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paretic is a hyponym of paralytic; that is, paretic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than paralytic:

Other hyponyms of paralytic include spastic.

paralytic (noun)	paretic (noun)
a person suffering from paralysis	a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)

paralytic (adjective)	paretic (adjective)
relating to or of the nature of paralysis
affected with paralysis