Journeyman vs Layman - What's the difference?
journeyman | layman |
a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman
* 1851 ,
a competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day
(sports) a player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career
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 nouns the difference between journeyman and layman
is that journeyman is a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman while layman is layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.journeyman
English
Noun
(journeymen)- " [...] toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner engaged for the year.
- The Los Angeles Lakers added journeyman forward Bob McAdoo to their roster in hopes that he could help them win a title.
See also
* (l) * (l) * (l)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?
