compensatory vs healful

compensatory

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

  • Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something 

  • That compensates for a deleterious mutation 

healful

adj
  • Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing. 

  • Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe. 

  • Affording health or salvation. 

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