depth vs degradation

depth and degradation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, degradation is a hypernym of depth; that is, degradation is a word with a broader meaning than depth:

Other hypernyms of depth include abasement, abjection.

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