Sponsorship vs Patron - What's the difference?
sponsorship | patron |
(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.
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.
As nouns the difference between sponsorship and patron
is that sponsorship is the state or practice of being a sponsor while patron is one who protects or supports; a defender.As a verb patron is
to be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.sponsorship
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*Derived terms
* sponsorship-linked marketingpatron
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(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.