deteriorate vs wear off

deteriorate and wear off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deteriorate	No	No	Yes	No
wear off	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of deteriorate include go to pot, go to the dogs, wear, wear down, wear out, wear thin.

deteriorate (verb)	wear off (verb)
grow progressively worse	deteriorate through use or stress
become worse or disintegrate	diminish, as by friction