Patronize vs Encourage - What's the difference?

Patronize is a related term of encourage.

is that patronize is to make a patron while encourage is .

* 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

(encourag)

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

I encouraged him during his race.

To spur on, strongly recommend.

We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.

To foster, give help or patronage

''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed

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* discourage

* encouragement * encouraging * encouragingly