Compensate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pay someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration. To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill.
Example sentence: We have all kinds of limitations as human beings. I mean we can't see the whole electromagnetic spectrum; we can't see the very small; we can't see the very far. So we compensate for these short comings with technological scaffoldings. The microscope allows us to extend our vision into the micro-sphere.
Pay
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give money in exchange for goods or services.To be profitable.To be profitable for.To give (something else than money).To discharge an obligation or debt.To suffer consequences.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
Example sentence: A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.