decline vs degenerate

degenerate vs decline

decline and degenerate both are nouns.

decline is not an adjective while degenerate is an adjective.

decline and degenerate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decline	Yes	No	Yes	No
degenerate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, degenerate is a hyponym of decline; that is, degenerate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decline:

decline: grow worse
degenerate: grow progressively worse

Other hyponyms of decline include inflame, come down, sicken, deteriorate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

decline (noun)	degenerate (noun)
a downward slope or bend	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
change toward something smaller or lower
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

decline (adjective)	degenerate (adjective)
	unrestrained by convention or morality

decline (verb)	degenerate (verb)
grow smaller	grow progressively worse
grow worse
show unwillingness towards
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
go down
fall in value
not accept as true

Difference between decline and degenerate

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