Earn vs Revive - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between earn and revive

is that 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 while revive is to return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

As a noun earn

is .

earn

English

Etymology 1

Old English earnian

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

*: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.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 12, work=BBC Sport

, title= 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.}}

(lb) To receive payment for work.

:(rfex)

(lb) To receive payment for work.

(lb) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.

(lb) To be worthy of.

Synonyms

* (gain through applied effort or work) deserve, merit, garner, win * * * (cause someone to receive payment or reward) yield, make, generate, render

Derived terms

* earner * earnings * earn one's keep

Etymology 2

Anglo-Saxon irnan to run. See rennet, and compare yearnings.

Verb

(en verb)

(UK, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.

Etymology 3

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To long; to yearn.

* Spenser

And ever as he rode, his heart did earn / To prove his puissance in battle brave.

(obsolete) To grieve.

Etymology 4

Noun

(en noun)

(Sir Walter Scott)

(Webster 1913)

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words ----

revive

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(reviv)

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived . 1 Kings xvii. 22.

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness

To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.}}

To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry

To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

revive a metal after calcination.

Synonyms

* rediscover * resurrect * renew

Derived terms

* revival * revivable * unrevivable