What's the difference between abbot and layman?

Abbot


Definition:

  • (n.) The superior or head of an abbey.
  • (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Queensland goes ahead and develops and dredges Abbot Point, it may all be for nothing.
  • (2) Documents obtained under freedom of information reveal huge uncertainty over the investment needed to maintain water quality following dredging to expand the Abbot Point port, north of Bowen in Queensland.
  • (3) A recent study suggests that coral disease is doubled when dredging occurs near reefs, although supporters of the dredging have repeatedly insisted it can be done safely and that the Abbot Point sediment will be dumped around 40km from the nearest reef.
  • (4) "They have now stalled by another three months a decision on whether or not they will approve the important expansion plans for Abbot Point.
  • (5) In 1988 Abbot could prove that among men, those afflicted by gout as compared to those without gout experienced a 60% excess of coronary heart disease.
  • (6) The Australian and Queensland governments have granted approval for dumping as part of the expansion of the Abbot Point coal port, which lies on the fringes of the reef.
  • (7) Energy World Corporation (EWC), the company behind the plan, wants to build a 1,000km pipeline from south-west Queensland to transport the gas to Abbot Point, near Bowen.
  • (8) The site, called Reef Facts , addresses the contentious decision to allow the dredging and dumping of 5m tonnes of seabed sediment within the Great Barrier Reef marine park in order to expand the Abbot Point port.
  • (9) Located in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, 400km inland from the reef, it will require a major rail line, which is yet to receive final approval, to transport the coal, which must then be loaded on to ships at the ports of Hay Point and Abbot Point, near Gladstone on the Queensland coast, adjacent to the southern section of the reef.
  • (10) Critics claim proposed expansion of coal and gas export terminals, such as at Townsville, and new major new export developments, such as Abbot Point, will hurt coral, turtles, dugongs and other wildlife through increased shipping and waste from dredging.
  • (11) In every annual report since, Adani Ports has referred to Abbot Point only in a note recording the completion of the sale, saying: “The company has all the approvals except in respect of approval from one of the lenders who has given a specific line of credit.” Tim Buckley, of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said it was “bizarre that three years after Adani announced the transfer of ownership of one of Australia’s major ports from a reputable public listed company in India to a private family company, the transaction has still not been finalised”.
  • (12) Alternatives, such as building an extended ship loading trestle, were rejected as unsafe and too expensive by the mining industry, which will use Abbot Point to export millions of extra tonnes of coal once it is expanded.
  • (13) Bacteriocines were detected in 103 of 206 strains (by Abbot and Shennon's method).
  • (14) The Mumbai-listed Adani Ports is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as the ultimate holding company of the Adani Abbot Point coal terminal, known as T1, in north Queensland .
  • (15) Planned expansion of ports, or the creation of new ones, at sites including Gladstone, the Fitzroy Delta, Abbot Point and Townsville, would involve dredging 149m tonnes of seabed to allow large ships to access ports.
  • (16) As well as being a natural marvel, the reef plays a vital role in the north Queensland economy, generating significant business and tourism.” Hunt’s decision, which was twice deferred, is likely to be welcomed by both the Queensland government and mining industry, which have hailed the Abbot Point and Curtis Island LNG projects for their job-creating potential.
  • (17) An enzyme immunoassay (Abbot Laboratories) has been developed that detects chlamydial antigen directly in the urogenital specimens of patients.
  • (18) Queensland’s government has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Galilee basin mining projects; it has also approved the Carmichael mine and doled out A$2bn ($1bn) in subsidies to fund expansion of the Abbot Point coal port.
  • (19) A 300km railway line would transport the coal to an expanded port at Abbot Point on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – a plan that has alarmed Unesco and could lead to the reef being added to its list of world heritage sites in danger .
  • (20) Instead, he chose to run a defamatory half-page advertisement in the local newspaper in Airlie beach that insinuated I was ‘on the take’ for pushing for the Abbot Point expansion,” Christensen wrote.

Layman


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
  • (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With the aid of 25 medical terms familiar to a layman, basic medical knowledge of the patient was tested.
  • (2) When he went on to begin a sentence with the words, "In my layman's understanding ... " Nel pounced and said: "You see, Mr Dixon, now you call yourself a layman."
  • (3) Quantum pioneer: Paul Dirac Moreover, there is a feeling, hard to convey to the layman but shared by many experienced theorists, that these ideas all hang together.
  • (4) An article written for the layman presents information on oral contraception, the IUD, the vaginal diaphragm, the condom, and foam.
  • (5) To some extent, a real effort must be made to educate the professional as well as the layman to face the diagnosis of cancer without evasion and go forward from there.
  • (6) Only in one-quarter was it very conspicuous even to the layman.
  • (7) If nothing else, this layman's take on society's ills reminds us that politics is not theirs – it's ours.
  • (8) The study of Lichtenstein, Slovic, Fischhoff, Layman, and Combs reports several types of errors in subjects' frequency judgments of lethal events.
  • (9) Being a layman, all I had to go by was the height – between four and a half and five feet tall.
  • (10) For the novice and layman such a question opens usually Pandora's box of reply.
  • (11) A knowledge of the layman's illness concepts is of value both for diagnosis and therapy in the practical application of the medical services.
  • (12) Even a layman can tell what made Albert Einstein famous as a scientist.
  • (13) To investigate the layman's knowledge, perception and attitudes regarding normal body temperature, fever, infections and the effect of penicillin on virus infections a representative sample of the Norwegian population (619 women and 592 men over the age of 15) was interviewed in 1988 as part of a monthly national opinion poll.
  • (14) A 31-year-old male has been "bulls-eyed" by a car and we're in the air ambulance, flying out from the Royal London hospital to a suburban street, where the man lies in a twisted, bloodied heap with his feet pointing in what even a layman would identify as the wrong direction.
  • (15) Photograph: Getty The layman's term for this sort of offer is: a joke.
  • (16) In addition, they were questioned about therapeutic wishes if primary resuscitation with ventilation and cardiac massage were administered by a layman.
  • (17) The surgeon uses elementary mathematics just as much as any other educated layman.
  • (18) The imminent availability of inexpensive ultrasonic scanners for the layman is a worrying prospect to which the medical profession should now try to develop a prudent response.
  • (19) In order for a patient to give an informed consent for a procedure, he or she needs to understand the risks, benefits and consequences of the procedure explained in layman's terms.
  • (20) He later added: "As a layman I would now say I think we have it" – meaning the Higgs.