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Bureau vs Directorate - What's the difference?

bureau | directorate |

As nouns the difference between bureau and directorate

is that bureau is office while directorate is an agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

bureau

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Office.
  • Desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
  • (US) for clothes.

    • Derived terms

    * bureau de change * QSL bureau

    Related terms

    * bureaucracy * bureaucrat * bureaucratic * bureaugamy * burel

    External links

    * * English borrowed terms English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    directorate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
  • A body of directors.