compensation vs correction

correction vs compensation

compensation and correction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compensation	Yes	No	No	No
correction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, correction is a hypernym of compensation; that is, correction is a word with a broader meaning than compensation:

compensation: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
correction: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

Other hypernyms of compensation include rectification.

compensation (noun)	correction (noun)
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury	the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)	treatment of a specific defect
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors	the act of disciplining
	a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
	a rebuke for making a mistake
	something substituted for an error
	a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

Difference between compensation and correction

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