Recompensate vs. Compensate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Recompensate and Compensate
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Definitions
Recompensate
To recompense.
Compensate
To offset; counterbalance.
Compensate
To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse
Management compensated us for the time we worked.
Compensate
To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
Compensate
To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.
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Compensate
To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
Compensate
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
Compensate
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
Compensate
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
Compensate
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
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Compensate
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
Compensate
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; - followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
Compensate
Adjust or make up for;
Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Compensate
Make amends for; pay compensation for;
One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
Compensate
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;
He is compensating for being a bad father
Compensate
Make reparations or amends for;
Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Compensate
Do or give something to somebody in return;
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Compensate
Make payment to; compensate;
My efforts were not remunerated
