ameliorative vs compensatory

ameliorative

adj
  • Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation. 

  • Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve. 

  • Able to repair or ameliorate. 

noun
  • A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation. 

  • That which betters or improves. 

compensatory

adj
  • Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something 

  • That compensates for a deleterious mutation 

  • Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury 

How often have the words ameliorative and compensatory occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )