degradation

As nouns the difference between recession and degradation

is that recession is the act or an instance of receding or withdrawing while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As nouns the difference between aggravation and degradation

is that aggravation is the act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences while degradation is degradation.

As nouns the difference between dehumanization and degradation

is that dehumanization is the act or process of dehumanizing while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As nouns the difference between declination and degradation

is that declination is at a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north while degradation is degradation.

In geology terms the difference between denudation and degradation

is that denudation is the laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water while degradation is a gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.

As nouns the difference between denudation and degradation

is that denudation is the act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As nouns the difference between deforestation and degradation

is that deforestation is the process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially by an agricultural system while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As nouns the difference between degradation and demotion

is that degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop while demotion is an act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

As nouns the difference between deformation and degradation

is that deformation is the act of deforming, or state of being deformed while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As nouns the difference between downgrade and degradation

is that downgrade is a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating while degradation is degradation.

As a verb downgrade

is to place lower in position.

As nouns the difference between dissolve and degradation

is that dissolve is a film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next while degradation is the act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

As a verb dissolve

is to terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.