date vs dating

date and dating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
date	Yes	No	Yes	No
dating	Yes	No	No	No

date (noun)	dating (noun)
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed	use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
a meeting arranged in advance
a participant in a date
the specified day of the month
the present
the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred
a particular day specified as the time something happens

date (verb)	dating (verb)
assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
provide with a dateline; mark with a date
stamp with a date
go on a date with
date regularly; have a steady relationship with