abjection vs degeneracy

abjection and degeneracy both are nouns.

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

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

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

abjection (noun)	degeneracy (noun)
a low or downcast state	moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
	the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities