proceeding vs proceedings

proceeding and proceedings both are nouns.

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

As nouns, proceeding and proceedings are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of proceeding include legal proceeding.

proceeding (noun)	proceedings (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
	a written account of what transpired at a meeting