Originate vs Earn - What's the difference?
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To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
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To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
(lb) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
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(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.
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(obsolete) To grieve.
Originate is a related term of earn.
As verbs the difference between originate and earn
is that originate is to cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate while earn is (lb) to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work or earn can be (uk|dialect|dated) to curdle, as milk or earn can be (obsolete) to long; to yearn.As a noun earn is
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Verb
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- The scheme originated with the governor and council.
Synonyms
* initiate * beginAntonyms
* terminate * end * destinate (computing)External links
* * ----earn
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.