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Layperson vs Impropriate - What's the difference?

layperson | impropriate |

As a noun layperson

is a person who is not a cleric.

As a verb impropriate is

to appropriate.

layperson

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a person who is not a cleric
  • one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity
    • The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.

    Antonyms

    *(one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) aficionado, expert, professional, specialist

    See also

    * laity * lay * layman English politically correct terms

    impropriate

    English

    Verb

    (impropriat)
  • (obsolete) to appropriate.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • to impropriate the thanks to himself
  • In ecclesiastical law, to place ecclesiastical property under control or management of a layperson.

    • Derived terms

    * impropriator