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.