degenerate vs rot

degenerate and rot both are nouns.

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

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

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

degenerate (noun)	rot (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
	(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
	a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

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

degenerate (verb)	rot (verb)
grow progressively worse	become physically weaker
	break down