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Bureau vs Secretariat - What's the difference?

bureau | secretariat |

As a proper noun bureau

is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist louis Édouard bureau (1830-1918).

As a noun secretariat is

secretariat, office.

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 ----

    secretariat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * secretariate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The office or department of a government secretary.

    • Related terms

    * secretary ----