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back up vs patronize

patronize vs back up

back up and patronize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
back up No No Yes No
patronize No No Yes No
As verbs, patronize is a hyponym of back up; that is, patronize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than back up:
  • back up: give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
  • patronize: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Other hyponyms of back up include sponsor, buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor, aid, assist, help, advance, boost, encourage, further, promote, root, undergird, back, endorse, indorse, second.
back up (verb) patronize (verb)
establish as valid or genuine be a regular customer or client of
become or cause to become obstructed treat condescendingly
make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy assume sponsorship of
move backwards from a certain position do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
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