Patronize vs Condescending - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between patronize and condescending

is that patronize is to make a patron while condescending is present participle of lang=en.

assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

* patronise (Commonwealth)

(patroniz)

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.

* (talk down to) condescend

(en adjective)

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!

* (assuming a tone of superiority) (l)

* condescendingly

(head)