correction vs compensation

correction and compensation both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of correction include redress, remediation, remedy, retribution, recompense, amendment, emendation.

correction (noun)	compensation (noun)
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right	the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
treatment of a specific defect	something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
the act of disciplining	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
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

correction vs compensation

correction and compensation both are nouns.

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