stocking vs plural

stocking and plural both are nouns.

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

stocking (noun)	plural (noun)
the activity of supplying a stock of something	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

stocking (adjective)	plural (adjective)
	grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	composed of more than one member, set, or kind