compensation vs overcompensation

compensation and overcompensation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, overcompensation is a hyponym of compensation; that is, overcompensation 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)
overcompensation: excessive compensation

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

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

compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
overcompensation: (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

compensation (noun)	overcompensation (noun)
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury	excessive compensation
something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)	(psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

compensation vs overcompensation

compensation and overcompensation both are nouns.

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