Paradox vs. Paradigm — What's the Difference?

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion.

In science and philosophy, a paradigm () is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model

A statement that seems to contradict itself but may nonetheless be true

A set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles

A person, thing, or situation that exhibits inexplicable or contradictory aspects

(in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension.

A statement that is self-contradictory or logically untenable, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.

One that serves as a pattern or model.

An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories

A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.

A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.

A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.

An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

A person or thing having contradictory properties.

(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.

An example; a model; a pattern.

(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.

An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.

(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.

An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.

A theory providing a unifying explanation for a set of phenomena in some field, which serves to suggest methods to test the theory and develop a fuller understanding of the topic, and which is considered useful until it is be replaced by a newer theory providing more accurate explanations or explanations for a wider range of phenomena.

The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.

Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

A standard or typical example;

(logic) a self-contradiction;

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)

The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time;