sweepstakes vs plural

sweepstakes and plural both are nouns.

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

sweepstakes (noun)	plural (noun)
a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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