different between perverted vs degraded

English

Adjective

perverted (comparative more perverted, superlative most perverted)

1. Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
2. (sometimes derogatory) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.
3. Misrepresented, altered or distorted.

Translations

Synonyms

• pervy (less formal)

Antonyms

• normophilic

Derived terms

• pervalicious (delicious + perverted)
• pervertedly
• pervertedness

Verb

perverted

1. simple past tense and past participle of pervert

English

Etymology

See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d????e?d?d/

Adjective

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

   • The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.

2. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
   • 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea

     The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana

3. (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

Synonyms

• (deprived of dignity): humiliated

Translations

Verb

degraded

1. simple past tense and past participle of degrade