degenerate vs pall

pall vs degenerate

degenerate and pall both are nouns.

degenerate is an adjective but pall is not an adjective.

degenerate and pall both are verbs.

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

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

degenerate: grow progressively worse
pall: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

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

degenerate (noun)	pall (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
	a sudden numbing dread

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

degenerate (verb)	pall (verb)
grow progressively worse	lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
	lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
	become less interesting or attractive
	lose sparkle or bouquet
	cause to become flat
	cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
	cover with a pall
	cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

Difference between degenerate and pall

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