Patronize vs Antagonize - What's the difference?
patronize | antagonize |
To make a patron.
To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly.
To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.
In transitive terms the difference between patronize and antagonize
is that patronize is to make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer while antagonize is to work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.patronize
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* patronise (Commonwealth)Verb
(patroniz)Synonyms
* (talk down to) condescendantagonize
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* antagonise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
- The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.