pederast vs degenerate

pederast and degenerate both are nouns.

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

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

pederast: a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

pederast (noun)	degenerate (noun)
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

pederast (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse