appeal vs legal proceeding

legal proceeding vs appeal

appeal and legal proceeding both are nouns.

appeal is a verb but legal proceeding is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appeal	Yes	No	Yes	No
legal proceeding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legal proceeding is a hypernym of appeal; that is, legal proceeding is a word with a broader meaning than appeal:

appeal: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
legal proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Other hypernyms of appeal include proceeding, proceedings.

appeal (noun)	legal proceeding (noun)
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial	(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
earnest or urgent request
request for a sum of money

appeal (verb)	legal proceeding (verb)
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
cite as an authority; resort to
be attractive to
take a court case to a higher court for review
challenge (a decision)

Difference between appeal and legal proceeding

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