stratum vs being

stratum and being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stratum	Yes	No	No	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

stratum (noun)	being (noun)
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling	the state or fact of existing
people having the same social, economic, or educational status
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)