being vs stratum

being and stratum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
being	Yes	No	No	No
stratum	Yes	No	No	No

being (noun)	stratum (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently	an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
the state or fact of existing	a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling
	people having the same social, economic, or educational status
	one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)