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

  1. 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]]."

  2. Lay as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To cause to subside or abate.

  3. Lay as a verb (transitive):

    To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

  4. Lay as a verb (transitive):

    To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

    Examples:

    "lay brick; lay flooring"

  5. Lay as a verb (transitive):

    To produce and deposit an egg.

  6. 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."

  7. Lay as a verb (transitive):

    To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

  8. Lay as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To have sex with.

  9. Lay as a verb (nautical):

    To take a position; to come or go.

    Examples:

    "to lay forward; to lay aloft"

  10. Lay as a verb (legal):

    To state; to allege.

    Examples:

    "to lay the venue"

    "rfquotek Bouvier"

  11. Lay as a verb (military):

    To point; to aim.

    Examples:

    "to lay a gun"

  12. 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"

  13. Lay as a verb (printing):

    To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

  14. Lay as a verb (printing):

    To place (new type) properly in the cases.

  15. Lay as a verb:

    To apply; to put.

  16. Lay as a verb:

    To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

    Examples:

    "to lay a tax on land"

  17. Lay as a verb:

    To impute; to charge; to allege.

  18. Lay as a verb:

    To present or offer.

    Examples:

    "to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one"

  1. Lay as a noun:

    Arrangement or relationship; layout.

    Examples:

    "the lay of the land"

  2. Lay as a noun:

    A share of the profits in a business.

  3. Lay as a noun:

    A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

  4. Lay as a noun:

    The direction a rope is twisted.

    Examples:

    "Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."

  5. 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?"

  6. Lay as a noun (colloquial):

    An act of sexual intercourse.

  7. Lay as a noun (slang, archaic):

    A plan; a scheme.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  8. Lay as a noun:

    the laying of eggs.

    Examples:

    "The hens are off the lay at present."

  9. Lay as a noun (obsolete):

    A layer.

  1. Lay as a noun:

    A lake.

  1. Lay as an adjective:

    Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

  2. 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"

  3. Lay as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

  1. Lay as a verb:

    when pertaining to position.

    Examples:

    "The baby lay in its crib and slept silently."

  2. Lay as a verb (proscribed):

    To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).

  1. Lay as a noun:

    A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

  1. Lay as a noun (obsolete):

    A meadow; a lea.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  1. Lay as a noun (obsolete):

    A law.

  2. Lay as a noun (obsolete):

    An obligation; a vow.

  1. Lay as a verb (Judaism, transitive):

    To don or put on (tefillin ).

  1. Worldly as an adjective:

    Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

  2. Worldly as an adjective:

    Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.

  3. Worldly as an adjective:

    Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

  1. Worldly as an adverb:

    In a worldly manner.