paedophile vs degenerate

paedophile and degenerate both are nouns.

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

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

paedophile: an adult who is sexually attracted to children
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

paedophile (noun)	degenerate (noun)
an adult who is sexually attracted to children	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

paedophile (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse