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Earned vs Merited - What's the difference?

earned | merited |

As verbs the difference between earned and merited

is that earned is (earn) while merited is (merit).

As an adjective merited is

deserved.

earned

English

Alternative forms

*earnt (qualifier)

Verb

(head)
  • (earn)

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    merited

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • deserved
    • It was a merited reward.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
    • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (merit)

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