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.