red tape vs bureaucratic procedure

red tape and bureaucratic procedure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
red tape	Yes	No	No	No
bureaucratic procedure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, red tape and bureaucratic procedure are synonyms defined as:

red tape and bureaucratic procedure: needlessly time-consuming procedure

red tape (noun)	bureaucratic procedure (noun)
needlessly time-consuming procedure	needlessly time-consuming procedure