patronage vs nurture

nurture vs patronage

patronage and nurture both are nouns.

patronage and nurture both are verbs.

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

As verbs, nurture is a hypernym of patronage; that is, nurture is a word with a broader meaning than patronage:

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

Other hypernyms of patronage include foster.

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

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

Difference between patronage and nurture

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