hustings vs plural

hustings and plural both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hustings	Yes	No	No	No
plural	Yes	Yes	No	No

hustings (noun)	plural (noun)
the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

hustings (adjective)	plural (adjective)
	grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	composed of more than one member, set, or kind