Earned and Generated

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

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Generated and earned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Generated" instead a verb "Earned".

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

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Earned and generated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Earned" instead a verb "Generated".

The controversy surrounded how the graphics were extremely similar but not actually the same as some game sprites from Super Mario World, and how he earned $50,000 a day from the ad revenue the game generated.

Source: Creator Backlash
Dirlewanger's Division of the Waffen SS generated fear throughout Waffen-SS Organizations including the SS-Führungshauptamt (SS Command Headquarters) and earned the notoriety as the most criminal and heinous SS unit in Hitler's war machine.

Source: Surprisingly Elite Cannon Fodder
During the Vietnam war, the AC-47 gunship was officially nicknamed the "Spooky", but the massive amounts of smoke it generated when firing its three 7.62mm gatling guns earned it the unofficial nickname "Puff the Magic Dragon".

Source: Fan Nickname

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