Exponent vs Patron - What's the difference?
exponent | patron | Related terms |
One who expounds, represents or advocates
(mathematics) The power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised. For example, the in .
(mathematics) The result of a logarithm, between a base and a power. For example the in .
(linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.
One who protects or supports; a defender.
* Shakespeare
* Spenser
A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works.
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights over him.
An advocate or pleader.
* Macaulay
(UK, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
(nautical) A padrone.
Exponent is a related term of patron.
As nouns the difference between exponent and patron
is that exponent is one who expounds, represents or advocates while patron is owner, boss.exponent
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(wikipedia exponent)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* exponent of inseparabilitypatron
English
Noun
(en noun)- patron of my life and liberty
- the patron of true holiness
- This car park is for patrons only.
- Let him who works the client wrong / Beware the patron' s ire.
