Colloquial vs Layman - What's the difference?
colloquial | layman |
(linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
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
As an adjective colloquial
is (linguistics) denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.As a noun layman is
layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.colloquial
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
Note that while colloquy and colloquium refer to formal'' conversation, colloquial refers instead specifically to ''informal conversation.Synonyms
*Derived terms
* colloquialism * colloquially * colloquialness * colloquialitylayman
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(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?