general damages vs compensatory damages

general damages and compensatory damages both are nouns.

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

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

general 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 general damages include actual damages.

general 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