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Tell us where you are and we can tell you more. If you’re in Australia (your question comes up when I limit it to Australia, although that means little), the term "lawyer" covers both a solicitor and a barrister – ie if you finish your law degree, you have to choose to be either a solicitor or a barrister.
In some states you can be both but in Qld you must be one or the other. In Qld, solicitors basically can do everything, while barristers restrict themselves to court work. Barristers are not allowed to work in firms, are not allowed to handle trust funds, and do not do conveyancing of property. If you go to a suburban lawyer, or go to a law firm, you are talking to solicitors. If your problem gets worse, your solicitor may say you need to see a barrister – it’s kind of like the solicitors are the GP’s who send the tough cases to the specialists (the barristers) – although we, as barristers, need the solicitors to stay in the matter and help us!
Another way of looking at it is the barristers are the ones with the wigs and gowns on. while the solicitors are the ones in the suits helping us out!
I don’t know where almostfamous1987 is from but here in Australia you do not need to undertake articles to become a barrister, nor are solicitors limited to doing paperwork – solicitors can appear in any court at all – it’s just that if the matter is complex, they should pass it over to a barrister!
Pretty much — the country. All practice law.
In the UK solicitors and barristers are both lawyers, but only a barrister can argue in the higher courts. A solicitor can work on all aspects of a case except that. In the US there is no difference.
A lawyer is a generic term for someone with a law degree who practices law – it may be a barrister or solicitor.
Barristers and solicitors both have law degrees, however a barrister is more qualified in some ways. In order to become a barrister, after passing the bar exam (which is what all lawyers need to pass in order to be allowed to practice) you need to also complete your articles (which is like an internship) or a year long legal professional preparation course.
A solicitor is limited to undertaking paperwork such as conveyancing, wills, trusts etc, whereas a barrister appears in court on behalf of clients. A solictor may appear in court but only in minor matters in front of a Magistrate.
Barristers and solicitors will often work together. For instance in a contract case a solicitor may be the initial contact point for the client, collect all the information, prepare a brief and then pass it onto the barrister who will present it in court. The solicitor may assist the barrister in court by helping them prepare the case as well as passing notes etc.
So in short, all barristers and solictors are lawyers but not all lawyers are barristers.