actual damages vs compensatory damages

actual damages and compensatory damages both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
actual damages	Yes	No	No	No
compensatory damages	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, actual damages and compensatory damages are synonyms defined as:

actual damages and compensatory damages: (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated

Other synonyms of actual damages include general damages.

actual damages (noun)	compensatory damages (noun)
(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated	(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated