Difference between $SO_n(\mathbb{R})$ and $SU_n(\mathbb{R})$.

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Is there any difference between the real Lie groups $SO_n(\mathbb{R})$ and $SU_n(\mathbb{R})$ or similarly the Lie groups $O_n(\mathbb{R})$ and $U_n(\mathbb{R})$. It seems that usually when talking about Lie groups we mean real ones but it seems like these groups should be the same in this case.