sadomasochist vs degenerate

sadomasochist and degenerate both are nouns.

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

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

sadomasochist: someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism
degenerate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

sadomasochist (noun)	degenerate (noun)
someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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

sadomasochist (verb)	degenerate (verb)
	grow progressively worse