exacerbate vs degrade

exacerbate and degrade both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exacerbate	No	No	Yes	No
degrade	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of exacerbate include irritate, inflame, cheapen.

exacerbate (verb)	degrade (verb)
make worse	lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
exasperate or irritate	reduce the level of land, as by erosion
	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally