Novice vs Layman - What's the difference?
novice | layman |
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
(senseid)(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian , Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:
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 novice and layman
is that novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject while layman is layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.novice
English
Noun
(en noun)- I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
- Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice , chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead [...].
Synonyms
* (person new to an activity) amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling * See alsoExternal links
* * * ----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?