defense mechanism vs compensation

compensation vs defense mechanism

defense mechanism and compensation both are nouns.

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

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

defense mechanism: (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 mechanism include conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.

defense mechanism (noun)	compensation (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires	the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
	something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

Difference between defense mechanism and compensation

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