overcompensate vs even up

overcompensate and even up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overcompensate	No	No	Yes	No
even up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, even up is a hypernym of overcompensate; that is, even up is a word with a broader meaning than overcompensate:

overcompensate: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
even up: adjust for

Other hypernyms of overcompensate include compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, make up.

overcompensate (verb)	even up (verb)
make excessive corrections for fear of making an error	even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities	adjust for