Art
Art noun - An occupation requiring skillful use of the hands.
Lay
Lay noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: my main lay is as a general contractor, but I do side work as a carpenter
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Covers Always Lie: In its days as a roleplaying games magazine, White Dwarf evidently used whatever cool SF or fantasy art that the editors could lay hands on.
Source: Magazine / White Dwarf -
Art takes the child in and names him Jimmy.At the same time, alien mer-people are returning to Earth for their spawning season, where they must pair up to mate, lay eggs, and die.
Source: Manga / Moon Child - For example, let's say two people are shown making love and they finish and lay back and the woman has huge breasts and the guy would make John Holmes feel inadequate (we'll make this example a Euro art film).
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Lay and Art. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/art/lay
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Lay or Art. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/art/lay.
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