nurture vs patronage

patronage vs nurture

nurture and patronage both are nouns.

nurture and patronage both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nurture	Yes	No	Yes	No
patronage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, patronage is a hyponym of nurture; that is, patronage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nurture:

nurture: help develop, help grow
patronage: be a regular customer or client of

Other hyponyms of nurture include keep going, patronise, patronize, support, serve, serve well.

nurture (noun)	patronage (noun)
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community	the act of providing approval and support
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child	(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
	the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
	a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
	customers collectively

nurture (verb)	patronage (verb)
help develop, help grow	be a regular customer or client of
provide with nourishment	support by being a patron of
look after a child until it is an adult

Difference between nurture and patronage

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