deteriorate vs rot

deteriorate is not a noun while rot is a noun.

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

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

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

deteriorate (noun)	rot (noun)
	unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
	(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
	a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

deteriorate (verb)	rot (verb)
grow progressively worse	become physically weaker
become worse or disintegrate	break down