degradation vs depth

degradation and depth both are nouns.

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

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

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

degradation (noun)	depth (noun)
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)	the extent downward or backward or inward
a low or downcast state	degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
	the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
	the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
	(usually plural) a low moral state