The difference between Degenerate and Nerf
When used as nouns, degenerate means one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature, whereas nerf means the weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.
When used as verbs, degenerate means to lose good or desirable qualities, whereas nerf means to bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
Degenerate is also adjective with the meaning: having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
check bellow for the other definitions of Degenerate and Nerf
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Degenerate as an adjective (of qualities):
Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
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Degenerate as an adjective (of a human or system):
Having lost good or desirable qualities.
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Degenerate as an adjective (of an encoding or function):
Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
Examples:
"The [[genetic code]] is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several [[codon codons]]."
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Degenerate as an adjective (mathematics):
A degenerate case is a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class.
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Degenerate as an adjective (physics):
Having the same quantum energy level.
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Degenerate as a noun:
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
Examples:
"In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy."
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Degenerate as a verb (intransitive):
To lose good or desirable qualities.
Examples:
"His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital."
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Degenerate as a verb (transitive):
To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
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Nerf as a verb (motor racing):
To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
Examples:
"A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic."
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Nerf as a verb (slang, video games, especially of developers rather than players):
To cripple or weaken (a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.).
Examples:
"The lightning spell was originally pretty powerful, but in the sequel they nerfed it so it became completely useless."
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Nerf as a noun (slang, video games):
The weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.