What is the difference between Earn and Yarn and Yearn?




What is the difference between Earn and Yarn and Yearn? :


Earn :

( 1 ) Get money by working

He earns four thousand rupees a month.

Get money as a return on a loan or investment

Money earns more in a high interest investment.


( 2 ) Gain something deserved in return for achievement, behavior, etc…

His honesty earned his great respect.

His bad manners earned him a sharp rebuke.



YARN : (noun)

( 1 ) Fibres that have been spun for knitting, weaving, etc…


( 2 ) Story

Traveler’s tale especially one that is exaggerated or invented

She narrated a humorous yarn.



YARN : (verb)

( 1 ) Tell stories

We stayed up yarning until midnight.

The beggar spun a long yarn about his misfortune.



YEARN :

( 1 ) Desire strongly or with tenderness or affection

Be filled with longing

He yearned for his home and family.

She yearned to return to her native country.











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