Earnt vs Earn - What's the difference?
earnt | earn |
(chiefly British) (earn)
(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.
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, title= (lb) To receive payment for work.
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:(rfex)
(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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(obsolete) To long; to yearn.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To grieve.
As verbs the difference between earnt and earn
is that earnt is past tense of earn while earn is to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.As a noun earn is
alternative form of lang=en.earnt
English
Alternative forms
* earned (standard spelling)Verb
(head)Usage notes
* Written, this is an uncommon (<0.5% as common as (earned) in the British National Corpus) but entirely acceptable alternative form of the simple past and past participle earned . This form is, however, more commonly spoken than written. Other verbs which can be conjugated in this way are: learn (learnt), dream (dreamt), spell (spelt).Anagrams
* British English formsearn
English
Etymology 1
Old English earnianVerb
(en verb)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.}}
Synonyms
* (gain through applied effort or work) deserve, merit, garner, win * * * (cause someone to receive payment or reward) yield, make, generate, renderDerived terms
* earner * earnings * earn one's keepEtymology 2
Anglo-Saxon irnan to run. See rennet, and compare yearnings.Etymology 3
Verb
(en verb)- And ever as he rode, his heart did earn / To prove his puissance in battle brave.
