degeneracy vs degradation

degeneracy and degradation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, degradation is a hypernym of degeneracy; that is, degradation is a word with a broader meaning than degeneracy:

Other hypernyms of degeneracy include abasement, abjection.

degeneracy (noun)	degradation (noun)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles	changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities	a low or downcast state