common person vs layman

layman vs common person

common person and layman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
common person	Yes	No	No	No
layman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, layman is a hyponym of common person; that is, layman is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than common person:

common person: a person who holds no title
layman: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Other hyponyms of common person include bourgeois, burgher, cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity, everyman, Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, John Doe, man in the street, layperson, secular, pleb, plebeian, prole, proletarian, worker, rustic.

common person (noun)	layman (noun)
a person who holds no title	someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Difference between common person and layman

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