compensatory damages vs actual damages

compensatory damages and actual damages both are nouns.

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

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

compensatory damages and actual 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 compensatory damages include general damages.

compensatory damages (noun)	actual 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