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Natron vs Patron - What's the difference?

natron | patron |

As nouns the difference between natron and patron

is that natron is bicarb (sodium bicarbonate) while patron is owner, boss.

natron

English

(wikipedia natron)

Noun

(-)
  • (mineralogy) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na]]2CO3· 10[[water, H2O.
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 242:
  • *:You know the mysterious idols they were supposed to set up to worship in their chapters – were they really human heads treated with natron after the Ancient Egyptian pattern – idols of Persian or Syrian provenance?

    • Anagrams

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    patron

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who protects or supports; a defender.
  • * Shakespeare
    • patron of my life and liberty
  • * Spenser
    • the patron of true holiness
  • A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
    • This car park is for patrons only.
  • 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
    • Let him who works the client wrong / Beware the patron' s ire.
  • (UK, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  • (nautical) A padrone.

    • Derived terms

    * patronage * patroness * patronize, patronise *patron saint

    Related terms

    * pattern

    See also

    * sponsor

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

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