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Earn vs Given - What's the difference?

earn | given |

As verbs the difference between earn and given

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 given is .

As nouns the difference between earn and given

is that earn is while given is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

As a preposition given is

considering; taking into account.

As an adjective given is

already arranged.

earn

English

Etymology 1

Old English earnian

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • :
  • :(rfex)
  • (lb) To receive payment for work.
  • :
  • (lb) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
  • :
  • (lb) To be worthy of.
  • :
    • 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

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    given

    English

    Alternative forms

    * giv'n

    Verb

    (head)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Considering; taking into account.
    • Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Already arranged. (rfex)
  • Currently discussed. (rfex)
  • Particular, specific.
    • No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
  • Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
    • Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
  • Prone, disposed.
    • He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

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