compensation vs offset

offset vs compensation

compensation and offset both are nouns.

compensation is not a verb while offset is a verb.

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

As nouns, offset is a hyponym of compensation; that is, offset is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compensation:

compensation: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
offset: a compensating equivalent

Other hyponyms of compensation include overcompensation, workmen's compensation, reimbursement, emolument, blood money, amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution, counterbalance, reparation, reparation.

compensation (noun)	offset (noun)
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury	structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)	a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors	a natural consequence of development
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
	a compensating equivalent
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

compensation (verb)	offset (verb)
	produce by offset printing
	create an offset in
	cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
	make up for
	compensate for or counterbalance

Difference between compensation and offset

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