deteriorate vs fade

deteriorate is not a noun while fade is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deteriorate	No	No	Yes	No
fade	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fade is a hyponym of deteriorate; that is, fade is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deteriorate:

Other hyponyms of deteriorate include fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary, languish, rot, waste.

deteriorate (noun)	fade (noun)
	gradually ceasing to be visible
	a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

deteriorate (verb)	fade (verb)
grow progressively worse	become feeble
become worse or disintegrate	disappear gradually
	lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
	become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly