Earned is a alternative form of earnt.
As verbs the difference between earnt and earned
is that earnt is past tense of earn while earned is past tense of earn.
earnt
English
Alternative forms
* earned (standard spelling)
Verb
(head)
(chiefly British) (earn)
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).
earned
English
Alternative forms
*earnt (qualifier)
Verb
(head)
(earn)
Anagrams
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