compensate vs contemporize

compensate

verb
  • To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation. 

  • To do (something good) after (something bad) happens 

  • 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 pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration. 

contemporize

verb
  • To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that appeals to contemporary consumers. 

  • To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context 

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