remuneration vs earnings

remuneration and earnings both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
remuneration	Yes	No	No	No
earnings	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, remuneration and earnings are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of remuneration include pay, salary, wage.

remuneration (noun)	earnings (noun)
the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses	something that remunerates
something that remunerates	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)