illiterate vs layman

illiterate

noun
  • A person ignorant about a given subject. 

  • An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how. 

adj
  • Unable to read and write. 

  • Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing. 

  • Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. 

  • Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject. 

layman

noun
  • A generally ignorant person. 

  • A common person. 

  • Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. 

  • Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order. 

  • A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject. 

  • Someone who is not a professional in a given field. 

How often have the words illiterate and layman occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )