fade vs degenerate

fade and degenerate both are nouns.

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

As verbs, degenerate is a hypernym of fade; that is, degenerate is a word with a broader meaning than fade:

Other hypernyms of fade include deteriorate, devolve, drop.

fade (noun)	degenerate (noun)
gradually ceasing to be visible	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

fade (adjective)	degenerate (adjective)
	unrestrained by convention or morality

fade (verb)	degenerate (verb)
become feeble	grow progressively worse
disappear gradually
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly