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Nuns are in a cloister setting away from the world, Sisters are religious women living the spirituality of their specific order in the secular world such as nursing, teaching, etc. , and Lay Order or Third Order women are also considered religious sisters to a specific order (Carmelites, Franciscans, Benedictine, etc.) living out the spiritualty of their order daily in the secular world in accordance to their state in life i.e single, or married.

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