the car made two stops on the trip.
is a noun or verb

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"Stops" in that sentence is a noun (plural).

Explanation: "made" is the past-tense verb and "two stops" is its direct object — "two" modifies the count noun "stops." If it were a verb you'd see a structure like "The car stops" or "The car stopped."