proceeding vs legal proceeding

proceeding and legal proceeding both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of proceeding include proceedings.

proceeding (noun)	legal 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