universal resource locator vs URL

universal resource locator and URL both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
universal resource locator	Yes	No	No	No
URL	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, universal resource locator and URL are synonyms defined as:

universal resource locator and URL: the address of a web page on the world wide web

Other synonyms of universal resource locator include uniform resource locator.

universal resource locator (noun)	URL (noun)
the address of a web page on the world wide web	the address of a web page on the world wide web