proponent vs sponsor

sponsor vs proponent

proponent and sponsor both are nouns.

proponent is not a verb while sponsor is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proponent	Yes	No	No	No
sponsor	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

proponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
sponsor: an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

Other hyponyms of proponent include apologist, justifier, vindicator, commie, communist, constitutionalist, Darwinian, democrat, populist, fascist, federalist, Gnostic, humanist, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, Jansenist, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, drumbeater, partisan, zealot, partitionist, Platonist, pro-lifer, presenter, protectionist, republican, ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separationist, separatist, interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice, suffragist, admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter, supremacist, teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist, voice in the wilderness.

proponent (noun)	sponsor (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	someone who supports or champions something
	an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

proponent (verb)	sponsor (verb)
	assume sponsorship of
	assume responsibility for or leadership of
	do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Difference between proponent and sponsor

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