rot

As nouns the difference between degenerate and rot

is that degenerate is one is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature while rot is meat roasted on a spit.

As an adjective degenerate

is (of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.

As a verb degenerate

is to lose good or desirable qualities.

As nouns the difference between necrosis and rot

is that necrosis is the localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply while rot is the process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

As a verb rot is

to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

As verbs the difference between rot and ripe

is that rot is to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria while ripe is to ripen or mature.

As nouns the difference between rot and ripe

is that rot is the process of becoming rotten; putrefaction while ripe is a fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

As an adjective ripe is

ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

As nouns the difference between auto and rot

is that auto is car while rot is meat roasted on a spit.

As a noun rot

is meat roasted on a spit.

As an adjective rusty is

affected by rust.

In transitive terms the difference between blight and rot

is that blight is to spoil or ruin (something while rot is to expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

In intransitive terms the difference between blight and rot

is that blight is to suffer blight while rot is to deteriorate in any way.

As nouns the difference between erosion and rot

is that erosion is the result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face while rot is the process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

As a verb rot is

to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

As nouns the difference between rot and car

is that rot is meat roasted on a spit while car is friend.

As a verb car is

(lb).

In transitive terms the difference between stale and rot

is that stale is to make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption while rot is to expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

In intransitive terms the difference between stale and rot

is that stale is to become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption while rot is to deteriorate in any way.

As nouns the difference between stale and rot

is that stale is theft; the act of stealing while rot is the process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

As verbs the difference between stale and rot

is that stale is to make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts while rot is to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

As an adjective stale

is at a standstill; stalemated.

As nouns the difference between wreck and rot

is that wreck is something or someone that has been ruined while rot is the process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

As verbs the difference between wreck and rot

is that wreck is to destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless while rot is to suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.