defense vs compensation

compensation vs defense

defense and compensation both are nouns.

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

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

defense: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

Other hyponyms of defense include conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.

defense (noun)	compensation (noun)
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies	the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury	something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
protection from harm
a structure used to defend against attack
the justification for some act or belief
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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