Difference between Compensate and Counterbalance

COMPENSATE vs COUNTERBALANCE: NOUN

A compensating equivalent
An equivalent counterbalancing weight
Equality of distribution
A weight that balances another weight
A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.
In mech., a weight used to balance the vibrating parts of machinery upon their axis, so as to cause them to turn freely and to require little power to set them in motion; also, a weight by which a lever acted upon by an intermitting force is returned to its position, as in the case of the beam of a single-acting steam-engine; a counterpoise.
Equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition to anything.
In elevators, a weight suspended on a rope which is attached to the car and passes over a pulley at the top of the elevator-shaft. The weight is usually heavier than the car, so as to allow for the average load.
A force or influence equally counteracting another.
A weight that acts to balance another; a counterpoise or counterweight.

Do or give something to somebody in return
Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Make reparations or amends for
Adjust or make up for
Make payment to; compensate
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
To adjust or adapt to a change; often a negative, (harmful, or depriving) or undesired one.
Adjust for
Make amends for; pay compensation for

To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for.
To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse.
To offset; counterbalance.

To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably.

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
To oppose with an equal force; offset.
To act as a counteracting force, influence, or weight to; counterpoise.

Compensate
Make payment to
Pay compensation for
Make amends for
To give a substitute of equal value to; give an equivalent to; recompense: as, to compensate a laborer for his work or a merchant for his losses.
To make up for; counterbalance; make amends for.
In mech., to construct so as to effect compensation for the results of variations of temperature. See compensation, 4.
Synonyms Recompense, Remunerate, etc. (see indemnify), reward.
To supply or serve as an equivalent; make amends; atone: followed by for: as, what can compensate for the loss of honor?

To weigh against with an equal weight; act against with equal power or effect; countervail; serve as a counterpoise to; offset; make up for.

Recoup, Offset, Make up, Even up, Even out, Even off, Pay off, Right, Correct, Indemnify, Counterbalance, Remunerate, Pay, Redress, Recompense

Even up, Even off, Even out, Equalizer, Oppose, Equilibrium, Equipoise, Balance, Compensate, Countervail, Counterpoise, Neutralize, Offset, Counteract, Counterweight

Compensation, Counteract, Mitigate, Compensations, Reimburse, Offset, Make up, Pay off, Right, Correct, Indemnify, Remunerate, Pay, Redress, Recompense

Rebalance, Contrast, Outweigh, Counter, Mitigate, Equaliser, Equalizer, Oppose, Equilibrium, Balance, Counterpoise, Neutralize, Offset, Counteract, Counterweight

North Carolina set to compensate forced sterilization victims.
The Hebrews added an extra month to compensate.
Its perusal will amply compensate the intelligent reader.
Is because we can only compensate so much.
Recruit, supervise, retain, evaluate and compensate the manager.
Prepayment penalties compensate lenders for the lost interest.
CBD to compensate households for higher commuting costs.
Compensate obligees when damage, although an eidetic memory?
Each of the receiving peers sees that the said terminal does not compensate, and there are a total of two terminals that do compensate.
No amount of computing power can compensate for brainless testing, but lots of brainpower can compensate for a missing or unavailable computer.

How effective you are at processing is the counterbalance.
Sheet metal hood covers curtain coil and counterbalance mechanism.
Several interests might be profferedto counterbalance that claimed interest.
Democrats, meanwhile, have failed to provide any counterbalance.
They use their numbers to counterbalance each other.
Owned Field Standard Weights and Counterbalance Weightssimilar manner.
Cooking is the perfect counterbalance to his studies.
Wonder enable mutual beat plant counterbalance the anxious.
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