Here is a detailed decsription and how they are scored differently.
http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/features/Downgrade%20Rule.htmHere is a detailed desc from USFS :
Under-rotated jumps A jump will be considered as “Under-rotated” if it has missing rotation of more
than ¼ revolution, but less than ½ revolution.
An under-rotated jump will be indicated by the Technical Panel to the Judges and
in the protocols with a “<” symbol after the element code.
A jump identified as under-rotated will receive a reduced base value - 70% of the
base value of the intended jump rounded to one decimal place.
Downgraded jumps A jump will be considered as “Downgraded” if it has “missing rotation of ½
revolutions or more”.
A downgraded jump will be indicated by the Technical Panel to the Judges and in
the protocols with a “<<” symbol after the element code.
A jump identified as downgraded will be evaluated using the scale of values
(SOV chart) for the element of one rotation less (i.e. a downgraded triple will be
evaluated with the scale of values for the corresponding double).
http://www.usfsa.org/content/First%20Aid%20Singles.pdf