degradation vs degeneration

degradation and degeneration both are nouns.

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

As nouns, degeneration is a hyponym of degradation; that is, degeneration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than degradation:

degradation: a low or downcast state
degeneration: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

Other hyponyms of degradation include decadence, decadency, degeneracy, depth.

degradation (noun)	degeneration (noun)
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)	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

degradation vs degeneration

degradation and degeneration both are nouns.

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