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Both mean having one of something.

But uni- comes from the Latin, and is most often used with Latin-derived words: unicycle, unicorn.

Whereas mono- comes from the Greek, and is best paired with Greek-derived words: monocle, monogamy.

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The prefix "uni-" means one or single, while the prefix "mono-" also means one or single but is typically used in organic chemistry to indicate a molecule with only one group of a certain type. Both prefixes can be used to indicate singularity, but "mono-" is more specific to chemistry.

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