Collected and Earned

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Collected adjective - Free from emotional or mental agitation.

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Earned and collected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earned" instead the word "Collected" as an adjective or a verb.

Earned adjective - Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action.

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Collected and earned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collected" instead the word "Earned" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

However, crystals fall from the top in a cascading pattern, and not all earned crystals can be collected., unless you can score high enough in subsequent stages.

Source: Video Game / Hellsinker
Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Dahl earned his title "Master of the Macabre" thanks to a series of mysterious, unpredictable and often bone chilling short stories for adults collected in Tales of the Unexpected.

Source: Creator / Roald Dahl
In the "Holiday" episode, Rob Brydon's joke about stamp collecting earned pained reactions from the panel and an expression of abject shame from Brydon himself.Rob: I collected stamps for a very brief period like you in my early teens and I gave it up.

Source: Series / QI

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