What's the difference between layman and layship?

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.

Layship


Definition:

  • (n.) The condition of being a layman.

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