As nouns the difference between garland and laurel
is that
garland is a wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration while
laurel is an evergreen shrub, of the genus
Laurus, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
As proper nouns the difference between garland and laurel
is that
garland is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a maker or seller of garlands while
Laurel is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the plant {{term|laurel|lang=en}}.
As a verb garland
is to deck or ornament something with a garland.