patron vs fixture

patron and fixture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patron	Yes	No	No	No
fixture	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fixture is a hyponym of patron; that is, fixture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than patron:

Other hyponyms of patron include operagoer, habitue, regular.

patron (noun)	fixture (noun)
a regular customer	the act of putting something in working order again
someone who supports or champions something	an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
the proprietor of an inn	the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
	a regular patron