miscreant vs degenerate

miscreant and degenerate both are nouns.

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

As nouns, degenerate is a hyponym of miscreant; that is, degenerate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than miscreant:

miscreant: a person without moral scruples
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Other hyponyms of miscreant include deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert, black sheep, scapegrace, wretch.

miscreant (noun)	degenerate (noun)
a person without moral scruples	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

miscreant (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse