nymphomaniac vs degenerate

nymphomaniac and degenerate both are nouns.

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

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

nymphomaniac: a woman with abnormal sexual desires
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

nymphomaniac (noun)	degenerate (noun)
a woman with abnormal sexual desires	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

nymphomaniac (adjective)	degenerate (adjective)
(used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire	unrestrained by convention or morality

nymphomaniac (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse