Earned and Realized

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

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

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

Realized adjective - Successfully completed or brought to an end.

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

The villain would've stolen the scroll and not understood, but the hero earned the privilege to open the scroll, and realized its true meaning.

Source: Blank Book
He traded the nice food Reward he earned in episode 9 for the lowest-quality food item available; he explained that he realized how much of an asshole he'd been.

Source: Series / Survivor
Not because he needed saving — he earned an honored place in the afterlife for his noble deeds — but because she could not bear to be without him after she realized, all too late, that he had truly loved her, and she had thrown that away without ever realizing its worth.

Source: Comic Book / The Enchantress

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