devolve vs deteriorate

devolve and deteriorate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, devolve and deteriorate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of devolve include degenerate, drop.

devolve (verb)	deteriorate (verb)
grow progressively worse	grow progressively worse
be inherited by	become worse or disintegrate
pass on or delegate to another