In my book if I get more rewards and that in turn gives me even greater awards, I call that compounding. You can call it whatever you want, that doesnt change the fact that anybody that engages with the community in anyway will get compounding.
Now if you want to talk about vests and how they dont compound for anybody that is totally inactive in the community, I could see how that case doesnt compound, but who cares about that special case for something that cant be exchanged?