degeneration vs abjection

degeneration and abjection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
degeneration	Yes	No	No	No
abjection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abjection is a hypernym of degeneration; that is, abjection is a word with a broader meaning than degeneration:

Other hypernyms of degeneration include abasement, degradation.

degeneration (noun)	abjection (noun)
passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form	a low or downcast state
the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities