Online vs Earning - What's the difference?
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Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
# Describes a generator or power plant which is connected to the grid.
# Describes a computer which is connected to the Internet or to some other communications service – i.e., not simply with the cable plugged in, but has established a connection to a larger network (e.g., by dialing up).
Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
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Connected to the Internet.
Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
Describes a system that is active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
As an adjective online
is describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.As an adverb online
is describes actions performed over the internet.As a verb earning is
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(en adjective)citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.}}