The difference between Lay and Worldly
When used as adjectives, lay means non-professional, whereas worldly means concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
Lay is also noun with the meaning: arrangement or relationship.
Lay is also verb with the meaning: to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
Worldly is also adverb with the meaning: in a worldly manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lay and Worldly
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
Examples:
"to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave"
"A shower of rain lays the dust."
"A corresponding intransitive version of this word is [[lie#Etymology_1 lie]]."
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Lay as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To cause to subside or abate.
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
Examples:
"lay brick; lay flooring"
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To produce and deposit an egg.
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To bet (that something is or is not the case).
Examples:
"I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday."
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Lay as a verb (transitive):
To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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Lay as a verb (transitive, slang):
To have sex with.
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Lay as a verb (nautical):
To take a position; to come or go.
Examples:
"to lay forward; to lay aloft"
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Lay as a verb (legal):
To state; to allege.
Examples:
"to lay the venue"
"rfquotek Bouvier"
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Lay as a verb (military):
To point; to aim.
Examples:
"to lay a gun"
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Lay as a verb (ropemaking):
To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
Examples:
"to lay a cable or rope"
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Lay as a verb (printing):
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
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Lay as a verb (printing):
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
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Lay as a verb:
To apply; to put.
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Lay as a verb:
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
Examples:
"to lay a tax on land"
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Lay as a verb:
To impute; to charge; to allege.
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Lay as a verb:
To present or offer.
Examples:
"to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one"
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Lay as a noun:
Arrangement or relationship; layout.
Examples:
"the lay of the land"
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Lay as a noun:
A share of the profits in a business.
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Lay as a noun:
A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
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Lay as a noun:
The direction a rope is twisted.
Examples:
"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."
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Lay as a noun (colloquial):
A casual sexual partner.
Examples:
"What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?"
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Lay as a noun (colloquial):
An act of sexual intercourse.
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Lay as a noun (slang, archaic):
A plan; a scheme.
Examples:
"rfquotek Charles Dickens"
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Lay as a noun:
the laying of eggs.
Examples:
"The hens are off the lay at present."
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Lay as a noun (obsolete):
A layer.
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Lay as a noun:
A lake.
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Lay as an adjective:
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
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Lay as an adjective:
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
Examples:
"They seemed more lay than clerical."
"a lay preacher; a lay brother"
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Lay as an adjective (obsolete):
Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
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Lay as a verb:
when pertaining to position.
Examples:
"The baby lay in its crib and slept silently."
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Lay as a verb (proscribed):
To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
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Lay as a noun:
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
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Lay as a noun (obsolete):
A meadow; a lea.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Lay as a noun (obsolete):
A law.
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Lay as a noun (obsolete):
An obligation; a vow.
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Lay as a verb (Judaism, transitive):
To don or put on (tefillin ).
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Worldly as an adjective:
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
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Worldly as an adjective:
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
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Worldly as an adjective:
Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
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Worldly as an adverb:
In a worldly manner.