patronage vs business

business vs patronage

patronage and business both are nouns.

patronage is a verb but business is not a verb.

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

As nouns, business is a hypernym of patronage; that is, business is a word with a broader meaning than patronage:

patronage: the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
business: the volume of commercial activity

As nouns, patronage and business are synonyms defined as:

patronage and business: customers collectively

Other synonyms of patronage include clientele.

patronage (noun)	business (noun)
the act of providing approval and support	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
(politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support	the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers	the volume of commercial activity
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient	incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
customers collectively	an immediate objective
	a rightful concern or responsibility
	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
	customers collectively
	business concerns collectively

patronage (verb)	business (verb)
be a regular customer or client of
support by being a patron of

Difference between patronage and business

Words related to "business"

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