The difference between Earn and Win
When used as verbs, earn means to gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work, whereas win means to conquer, defeat.
Win is also noun with the meaning: an individual victory.
check bellow for the other definitions of Earn and Win
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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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Win as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To conquer, defeat.
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Win as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
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Win as a verb (transitive):
To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
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Win as a verb (transitive):
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
Examples:
"to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle"
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Win as a verb (transitive):
To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
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Win as a verb (intransitive):
To achieve victory.
Examples:
"Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?"
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Win as a verb (transitive):
To obtain (something desired).
Examples:
"The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars."
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Win as a verb (transitive):
To cause a victory for someone.
Examples:
"The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections."
"The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith."
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Win as a verb (transitive, mining):
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
Examples:
"rfquotek Raymond"
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Win as a noun:
An individual victory.
Examples:
"antonyms loss"
"Our first win of the season put us in high spirits."
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Win as a noun (slang):
A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Examples:
"antonyms fail"
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Win as a noun (obsolete):
Gain; profit; income.
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Win as a noun (obsolete):
Wealth; goods owned.
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Win as a noun (Scotland):
Pleasure; joy; delight.
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Win as a verb (transitive, Scotland):
To dry by exposure to the wind.