Layman vs Lawman - What's the difference?
layman | lawman |
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
(US) An officer of the law, such as a sheriff or marshal.
As nouns the difference between layman and lawman
is that layman is layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy while lawman is an officer of the law, such as a sheriff or marshal.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?
