legal proceeding vs proceeding

legal proceeding and proceeding both are nouns.

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

As nouns, legal proceeding and proceeding are synonyms defined as:

legal proceeding and proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

Other synonyms of legal proceeding include proceedings.

legal proceeding (noun)	proceeding (noun)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked	(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked