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Patron vs Shopper - What's the difference?

patron | shopper | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between patron and shopper

is that patron is one who protects or supports; a defender while shopper is a person who shops.

As a verb patron

is to be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

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)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shopper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who shops.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}
  • A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
  • A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.
  • * 2010 , Malc Cowle], [http://www.lulu.com/shop/product-12671066.html The Adventures of a Bicycle Frame Builder
    • Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers , tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.

    Derived terms

    * mystery shopper

    Anagrams

    * hoppers