Sponsorship vs Countenance - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The state or practice of being a sponsor.
:I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
(countable, and, uncountable) The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.
:The company provided sponsorship to the research team.
:The university awarded five sponsorships to the five most qualified applicants.
Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
* , Genesis 4:5
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
Favour; support; encouragement.
* (Bible), (Psalms) xxi. 6
* (Francis Atterbury) (1663-1732)
(label) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
* (Roger Ascham) (1515-1568)
To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
* 1925 , Franz Kafka, The Trial'', ''Vintage Books (London) , pg. 99:
Sponsorship is a related term of countenance.
As nouns the difference between sponsorship and countenance
is that sponsorship is (uncountable) the state or practice of being a sponsor while countenance is appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.As a verb countenance is
to tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.sponsorship
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*Derived terms
* sponsorship-linked marketingcountenance
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* countenaunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Thou hast made himglad with thy countenance .
- This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice.
- The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat.
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* See alsoVerb
(countenanc)- ''The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.
- For the Defence was not actually countenanced by the Law, but only tolerated, and there were differences of opinion even on that point, whether the Law could be interpreted to admit such tolerances at all.
