Compost vs Urea - What's the difference?
compost | urea |
The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer
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(obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
* Hammond
To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer
(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).
As nouns the difference between compost and urea
is that compost is the decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer while urea is (biochemistry|uncountable) a water-soluble organic compound, co(nh2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.As a verb compost
is to produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.compost
English
(wikipedia compost)Noun
- Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.
- And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker.
- A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
Verb
(en verb)- If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.