devolve vs fade

devolve is not a noun while fade is a noun.

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

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

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

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

devolve (verb)	fade (verb)
grow progressively worse	become feeble
be inherited by	disappear gradually
pass on or delegate to another	lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
	become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly