different between layman vs cayman

English

From Middle English lay +? man.

layman (plural laymen)

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
A common person.
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.
  should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?
A generally ignorant person.
Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

cayman (plural caymans)

Alternative spelling of caiman
- 1862, The Quiver, Volumes 1-6, page 451,
  We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans,' and spurred his horse into the stream.

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