compensate vs atone

compensate and atone both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compensate	No	No	Yes	No
atone	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, atone is a hyponym of compensate; that is, atone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compensate:

Other hyponyms of compensate include over-correct, overcompensate, aby, abye, expiate.

compensate (verb)	atone (verb)
make payment to; compensate	turn away from sin or do penitence
make amends for; pay compensation for	make amends for
do or give something to somebody in return
make reparations or amends for
adjust for
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities