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Earned vs Received - What's the difference?

earned | received |

As verbs the difference between earned and received

is that earned is past tense of earn while received is past tense of receive.

As an adjective received is

generally accepted as correct or true.

earned

English

Alternative forms

*earnt (qualifier)

Verb

(head)
  • (earn)
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    received

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (receive)
  • Adjective

    (-) the received (knowledge, wisdom, opinion, story, information)
  • Generally accepted as correct or true
  • (by implication) Unchallenged axioms
  • :"The old saying goes that we should not judge a man until we have walked a mile in his shoes. As with so much received wisdom – from judging books by their covers to the relative exchange rate for birds in hands and bushes – this is of course rubbish." Robin Wilkinson. Western Mail, Oct 30 2012.
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    Derived terms

    * received wisdom * well-received

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