Deserve vs. Entitled — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deserve and Entitled
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Deserve
To be worthy of; merit
She deserves a raise. He deserves to be treated with respect.
Entitled
Believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment
His pompous, entitled attitude
Kids who feel so entitled and think the world will revolve around them
Deserve
(transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
This argument deserves a closer examination.
Entitled
To give a name or title to.
Deserve
(obsolete) To earn, win.
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Entitled
To furnish with a right or claim to something
The coupon entitles you to a $5 discount. Everyone is entitled to the equal protection of the laws.
Deserve
(obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
Entitled
Simple past tense and past participle of entitle
Deserve
(obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
Entitled
(literally) Having a title.
Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.
Deserve
To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension.
Entitled
Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.
As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president.
If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation.
He feels entitled to other people's respect.
Deserve
To serve; to treat; to benefit.
A man that hathSo well deserved me.
Entitled
(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.
Deserve
To be worthy of recompense; - usually with ill or with well.
One man may merit or deserve of another.
Entitled
Qualified for by right according to law;
We are all entitled to equal protection under the law
Deserve
Be worthy or deserving;
You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
Entitled
Given a title or identifying name;
The book entitled `A Tale of Two Cities'
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