nominal damages vs damages

nominal damages and damages both are nouns.

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

As nouns, damages is a hypernym of nominal damages; that is, damages 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)
damages: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

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

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