degenerate vs fade

degenerate and fade both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of degenerate include fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary, languish, rot, waste.

degenerate (noun)	fade (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	gradually ceasing to be visible
	a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

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

degenerate (verb)	fade (verb)
grow progressively worse	become feeble
	disappear gradually
	lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
	become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly