masochist vs degenerate

masochist and degenerate both are nouns.

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

As nouns, degenerate is a hypernym of masochist; that is, degenerate is a word with a broader meaning than masochist:

masochist: someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Other hypernyms of masochist include deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert.

masochist (noun)	degenerate (noun)
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

masochist (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse