degenerate vs tire

degenerate and tire both are nouns.

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

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

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

degenerate (noun)	tire (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	hoop that covers a wheel

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

degenerate (verb)	tire (verb)
grow progressively worse	lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
	exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
	cause to be bored
	deplete