residual vs plural

residual and plural both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
residual	Yes	Yes	No	No
plural	Yes	Yes	No	No

residual (noun)	plural (noun)
(often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
something left after other parts have been taken away

residual (adjective)	plural (adjective)
relating to or indicating a remainder	grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	composed of more than one member, set, or kind