proceedings vs legal proceeding

proceedings and legal proceeding both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of proceedings include proceeding.

proceedings (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
a written account of what transpired at a meeting