wages

As verbs the difference between compensate and wages

is that compensate is to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration while wages is third-person singular of wage.

As a noun wages is

plural of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between wages and prest

is that wages is while prest is (rare) a payment of wages in advance.

As verbs the difference between wages and prest

is that wages is (wage) while prest is (archaic) (press) or prest can be (obsolete|transitive) to give as a loan; to lend.

As an adjective prest is

(obsolete) ready; prompt; prepared.