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Bureau vs Urea - What's the difference?

bureau | urea |

As a proper noun bureau

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

As a noun urea is

(biochemistry|uncountable) a water-soluble organic compound, co(nh2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.

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 ----

    urea

    English

    (wikipedia urea)

    Noun

  • (biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
  • (chemistry, countable) Any N -substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).

    • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * *

    See also

    * biuret