debasement vs corruption

corruption vs debasement

debasement and corruption both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
debasement	Yes	No	No	No
corruption	Yes	No	No	No

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

debasement: changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
corruption: destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

Other hyponyms of debasement include dehumanisation, dehumanization, animalisation, animalization, brutalisation, brutalization, barbarisation, barbarization, bastardisation, bastardization, subversion, demoralisation, demoralization, constipation, deadening, impairment, stultification, popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization, profanation, abasement, humiliation, vulgarisation, vulgarization.

debasement (noun)	corruption (noun)
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)	destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating	inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
	lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
	moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
	decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
	in a state of progressive putrefaction

Difference between debasement and corruption

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