The difference between Earn and Generate
When used as verbs, earn means to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work, whereas generate means to bring into being.
check bellow for the other definitions of Earn and Generate
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Earn as a verb (transitive):
To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
Examples:
"You can have the s'mores: you earned them, clearing the walkway of snow so well."
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Earn as a verb (transitive):
To receive payment for work.
Examples:
"He earns seven million dollars a year as CEO.  My bank account is only earning one percent interest."
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Earn as a verb (intransitive):
To receive payment for work.
Examples:
"Now that you are earning, you can start paying me rent."
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Earn as a verb (transitive):
To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
Examples:
"My CD earns me six percent!"
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Earn as a verb (transitive):
To achieve by being worthy of.
Examples:
"to earn a spot in the top 20"
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Earn as a verb (UK, dialect, dated):
To curdle, as milk.
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Earn as a verb (obsolete):
To long; to yearn.
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Earn as a verb (obsolete):
To grieve.
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Earn as a noun:
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To bring into being; give rise to.
Examples:
"The discussion generated an uproar."
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
Examples:
"Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat."
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To procreate, beget.
Examples:
"They generated many offspring."
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Generate as a verb (transitive, mathematics):
To form a figure from a curve or solid.
Examples:
"Rotating a circle generates a sphere."
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Generate as a verb (intransitive):
To appear or occur; be generated.