desolation vs deterioration

desolation and deterioration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desolation	Yes	No	No	No
deterioration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deterioration is a hypernym of desolation; that is, deterioration is a word with a broader meaning than desolation:

Other hypernyms of desolation include impairment.

desolation (noun)	deterioration (noun)
an event that results in total destruction	process of changing to an inferior state
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned	a symptom of reduced quality or strength
the state of being decayed or destroyed
a bleak and desolate atmosphere