Wage
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To wager, bet. To employ for wages; to hire. To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
Example sentence: My goal is to show girls that I'm fighting so they don't have to, so they don't have to fight the same battles, so they don't have to fight for wage equality or whatever it may be.
Earnings
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Wages, money earned, income.Business profits.Gains on investments; returns.
Example sentence: Approaches to determining stock values vary, but fundamentally, each company judging itself undervalued is saying that its future stream of earnings justifies a higher price than the stock market is willing to accord it.