proceedings vs appeal

appeal vs proceedings

proceedings and appeal both are nouns.

proceedings is not a verb while appeal is a verb.

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

As nouns, appeal is a hyponym of proceedings; that is, appeal 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
appeal: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial

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

proceedings (noun)	appeal (noun)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked	(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
a written account of what transpired at a meeting	attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
	earnest or urgent request
	request for a sum of money

proceedings (verb)	appeal (verb)
	request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
	cite as an authority; resort to
	be attractive to
	take a court case to a higher court for review
	challenge (a decision)

Difference between proceedings and appeal

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