Compensated vs Overcompensated - What's the difference?
compensated | overcompensated |
(compensate)
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
(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 ([[metaphor, metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
* Francis Bacon
* Prior
To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
(overcompensate)
To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
To provide excessive pay or reward for work performed.
As verbs the difference between compensated and overcompensated
is that compensated is past tense of compensate while overcompensated is past tense of overcompensate.compensated
English
Verb
(head)compensate
English
Verb
(compensat)- It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
* compensation * compensatory * recompense * recompensateSynonyms
1. To pay * guerdon * reimburse to pay back 2. To make up for, correct, satisfy, or equalize, to balance the scales, to equalize or make even.
* equate
* offset
* redeem
* accord
* reconcile
* harmonize
* atone
* indemnify
* requite
* rectify
* level
* resolve
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* amend
* expiate
* redress
* remedy
* remunerate
* appease
* restitute and restitution
3. To adjust to a change.
* acclimatize and acclimate
* accommodate
* accustom
* adapt
* accord
* counterbalance
* counteract
* integrate
* attune
