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Earn vs Amass - What's the difference?

earn | amass |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between earn and amass

is that earn is (obsolete) to grieve while amass is (obsolete) a mass; a heap.

As verbs the difference between earn and amass

is that earn is (lb) to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work or earn can be (uk|dialect|dated) to curdle, as milk or earn can be (obsolete) to long; to yearn while amass is to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

As nouns the difference between earn and amass

is that earn is while amass is (obsolete) a mass; a heap.

earn

English

Etymology 1

Old English earnian

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
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  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 12, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , passage=England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.}}
  • (lb) To receive payment for work.
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  • (lb) To receive payment for work.
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  • (lb) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
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  • (lb) To be worthy of.
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    • Synonyms
    * (gain through applied effort or work) deserve, merit, garner, win * * * (cause someone to receive payment or reward) yield, make, generate, render
    Derived terms
    * earner * earnings * earn one's keep

    Etymology 2

    Anglo-Saxon irnan to run. See rennet, and compare yearnings.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
  • * Spenser
    • And ever as he rode, his heart did earn / To prove his puissance in battle brave.
  • (obsolete) To grieve.

    • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    amass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
    • to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
  • * 1887 , , A Study in Scarlet , Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
    • he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.

    Synonyms

    * accumulate, heap up, pile

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A mass; a heap.
  • * Thomas Pownall
    • a general idea of an amass of arms
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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