Earn vs. Urn

Earnverb

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

Earnverb

(transitive) To receive payment for work.

Earnverb

(intransitive) To receive payment for work.

Earnverb

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

Earnverb

(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.

Earnverb

To curdle, as milk.

Earnnoun

See Ern, n.

Earnverb

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).

Earnverb

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.

Earnverb

To grieve.

Earnverb

To long; to yearn.

Earnverb

To curdle, as milk.

Earnverb

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

Earnverb

acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

Earnverb

obtain (money) in return for labour or services

Earnverb

(of an activity) cause (someone) to obtain (money)

Earnverb

(of capital invested) gain (money) as interest or profit

Earnverb

gain deservedly in return for one's behaviour or achievements

Urnnoun

A vase with a footed base.

Urnnoun

A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.

Urnnoun

A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.

Urnnoun

(figurative) Any place of burial; the grave.

Urnnoun

A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.

Urnnoun

(botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

Urnverb

(transitive) To place in an urn.

Urnnoun

A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn.

Urnnoun

Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.

Urnnoun

A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.

Urnnoun

A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

Urnnoun

A tea urn. See under Tea.

Urnverb

To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.

Urnnoun

a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet

Urnnoun

a large pot for making coffee or tea

Urnnoun

a tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person.

Urnnoun

an ornamental sculpture shaped like an urn

Urnnoun

a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made and kept hot, or water for making such drinks is boiled

Urnverb

place in an urn.

Urn

An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal. Describing a vessel as an , as opposed to a vase or other terms, generally reflects its use rather than any particular shape or origin.