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Learnt vs Earnt - What's the difference?

learnt | earnt |

As verbs the difference between learnt and earnt

is that learnt is simple past of learn while earnt is past tense of earn.

learnt

English

Alternative forms

* learned (qualifier)

Verb

(head)
  • (learn)
    • ''I learnt so many things in this school.
    • ''She has learnt to adapt to the changes quickly.

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    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).

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    * British English forms