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Restoration vs Compensation - What's the difference?

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Restoration is a related term of compensation.


As nouns the difference between restoration and compensation

is that restoration is the process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something while compensation is the act or principle of compensating.

restoration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something
    • The restoration of this painting will take years.
    The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.
  • the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down
    • The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.

    Related terms

    * restore * restorable * restorative

    compensation

    English

    (wikipedia compensation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or principle of compensating.
    • (Emerson)
  • That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.
  • * Hallam
    • The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.
  • * Burke
    • No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
  • The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
  • A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
  • An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
  • The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of compensating) restitution * (recompense or reward) restitution

    Derived terms

    * overcompensation