abasement vs degeneracy

abasement and degeneracy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abasement	Yes	No	No	No
degeneracy	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of abasement include decadence, decadency, degeneration, depth.

abasement (noun)	degeneracy (noun)
depriving one of self-esteem	moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
a low or downcast state	the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities