pedophile vs degenerate

pedophile and degenerate both are nouns.

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

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

pedophile: 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 pedophile include deviant, deviate, perv, perve, pervert.

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

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

pedophile (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse