Compensate and Help

Compensate

Compensate verb - To provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury.

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Help and compensate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Help" instead a verb "Compensate".

Help verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

Usage example: they couldn't help the way things turned out

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Compensate and help are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compensate" instead a verb "Help".

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

person	compensate person	help person
life	compensate life	help life
man	compensate man	help man
people	compensate people	help people
Other words: family, time, fact, way, characters, players.

They try to compensate by walking around in big numbers, but it doesn't help them much, it simply gets them cut down by the dozen.

Source: Video Game / Dawn of War
Battleships are reserved for those who lack aggression, with the thought being that thicker armor and stronger shields will help to compensate their faults.

Source: Honor Before Reason / Literature
He attempts to compensate for his crimes by giving away his money to help people.

Source: Literature / Let the Right One In

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