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What is the difference between laurel and laura?

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Laurel is a related term of laura.


As nouns the difference between laurel and laura

is that 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 while laura is (roman catholic church ) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

laurel

English

(wikipedia laurel)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus , having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  • A crown of laurel.
  • (figuratively, chiefly, in the plural) honor, distinction, fame.
  • to win laurels'''; to crown with '''laurels .
  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
  • Derived terms

    * laurel water * laurel wreath * American laurel * California laurel * cherry laurel * great laurel * ground laurel * mountain laurel * New Zealand laurel * Portugal laurel * rose laurel * sheep laurel * spotted laurel * spurge laurel * West Indian laurel * rest on one's laurels

    Usage notes

    * The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel.

    See also

    * Laurel and Hardy

    Anagrams

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    laura

    English

    (wikipedia Laura)

    Alternative forms

    * Lora (rare)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
  • Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
  • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

    Anagrams

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