compensatory vs reparative

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 

reparative

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation. 

  • Tending to or intended to repair. 

noun
  • That which repairs. 

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