spastic vs paralytic

spastic and paralytic both are nouns.

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

As nouns, paralytic is a hypernym of spastic; that is, paralytic is a word with a broader meaning than spastic:

spastic (noun)	paralytic (noun)
a person suffering from spastic paralysis	a person suffering from paralysis

spastic (adjective)	paralytic (adjective)
relating to or characterized by spasm	relating to or of the nature of paralysis
suffering from spastic paralysis	affected with paralysis
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm