devolve vs rot

devolve is not a noun while rot is a noun.

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

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

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

devolve (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

devolve (verb)	rot (verb)
grow progressively worse	become physically weaker
be inherited by	break down
pass on or delegate to another