Layman vs Cayman - What's the difference?
layman | cayman |
layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
a common person
a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
* 2005 , .
a generally ignorant person
lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order
* 1862 , The Quiver , Volumes 1-6,
* 1996 , Dale Alan Olsen (editor), Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest ,
* 2002 , Harry S. Pariser, Explore Puerto Rico ,
As nouns the difference between layman and cayman
is that layman is layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy while cayman is .layman
English
(wikipedia layman)Noun
(laymen)- Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman .
- Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.
- should he be held to be just a layman , or does he have some art?
Antonyms
* expert * specialist * professionalDerived terms
* in layman's termscayman
English
Noun
(en noun)page 451,
- We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans ,' and spurred his horse into the stream.
page 326,
- Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans'. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the ' caymans .
page 157,
- Laguna Tortuguero' has some 2,000 ''caimanes'' (' caymans ), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America.