nominal damages vs amends

nominal damages and amends both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nominal damages	Yes	No	No	No
amends	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, amends is a hypernym of nominal damages; that is, amends is a word with a broader meaning than nominal damages:

nominal damages: (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
amends: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Other hypernyms of nominal damages include damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution.

nominal damages (noun)	amends (noun)
(law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)	something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
	a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury