Gain vs. Earn — What's the Difference?

Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable)

Obtain (money) in return for labour or services

Reach or arrive at (a destination)

To gain especially for the performance of service, labor, or work

Increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)

To acquire or deserve as a result of effort or action

An increase in wealth or resources

To yield as return or profit

The factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm

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

To come into possession or use of; acquire

(transitive) To receive payment for work.

To attain in competition or struggle; win

(intransitive) To receive payment for work.

To obtain through effort or merit; achieve

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

To secure as profit or reward; earn

(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.

To manage to achieve an increase of

To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.

To increase by (a specific amount)

Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.

To come to; reach

To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).

To become fast by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece

To grieve.

To increase; grow

To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

To become better; improve

To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

To obtain a profit or advantage; benefit

To grieve.

To move closer to a person or thing that is moving ahead; close a gap

To long; to yearn.

To put on weight

To curdle, as milk.

To operate or run fast. Used of a timepiece.

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

To cut out a gain in.

Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

To join by or fit into a gain.

Something gained or acquired

Progress; advancement

The act of acquiring; attainment.

An increase in amount or degree

(Electronics) An increase in signal power, voltage, or current by an amplifier, expressed as the ratio of output to input. Also called amplification.

The reflectivity of a projection screen, usually expressed relative to the reflectivity of a standard surface of magnesium carbonate.

A notch or mortise cut into a board to receive another part.

(transitive) To acquire possession of.

(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.

(transitive) To increase.

(intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.

(transitive) To reach.

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

(intransitive) To put on weight.

(of a clock or watch) To run fast.

The act of gaining; acquisition.

The thing or things gained.

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

(architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

(obsolete) Against.

(obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.

(obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.

(dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.

(dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

(obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.

(dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.

(dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss.

The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.

Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.

To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.

To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.

To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.

To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.

To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.

A quantity that is added;

The advantageous quality of being beneficial

The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

Obtain;

Win something through one's efforts;

Derive a benefit from;

Reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

Rise in rate or price;

Increase in;

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

Increase (one's body weight);