proceedings vs adoption

adoption vs proceedings

proceedings and adoption both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adoption is a hyponym of proceedings; that is, adoption is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than proceedings:

proceedings: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
adoption: a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

Other hyponyms of proceedings include foreclosure, intervention, procedure, action, action at law, legal action, case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit, appeal, bankruptcy, receivership, judicial proceeding, litigation, naturalisation, naturalization, trial, review, hearing.

proceedings (noun)	adoption (noun)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked	the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
a written account of what transpired at a meeting	the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
	a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

Difference between proceedings and adoption

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