Prayer vs Layer - What's the difference?
prayer | layer |
A practice of communicating with one's God.
The act of praying.
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, title= The specific words or methods used for praying.
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
A request; a petition.
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
# An item of clothing worn under or over another.
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
A person who lays things, such as tiles.
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
A hen kept to lay eggs.
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
(ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
As nouns the difference between prayer and layer
is that prayer is a practice of communicating with one's god or prayer can be one who prays while layer is a single thickness of some material covering a surface.As a verb layer is
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers.prayer
English
(wikipedia prayer)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer .}}
Synonyms
* orison, precationDerived terms
* not have a prayer * prayer book * prayer meeting * friday prayer * prayer wheelEtymology 2
(pray).layer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
- After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer .
- It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .
- I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
- When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .
Synonyms
* (stratum) stratumDerived terms
* boundary layer * ozone layerVerb
(en verb)- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.