social control vs patronage

patronage vs social control

social control and patronage both are nouns.

social control is not a verb while patronage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social control	Yes	No	No	No
patronage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, patronage is a hyponym of social control; that is, patronage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social control:

social control: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

Other hyponyms of social control include auto limitation, sanction, population control, administration, governance, governing, government, government activity, enforcement, domination, acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization, duty, obligation, responsibility, military control, occupation, direction, management, deprivation, privation, appeasement, calming, communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization, denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization, detribalisation, detribalization, discrimination, favoritism, favouritism, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization, demobilisation, demobilization, normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization, penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, corrections.

social control (noun)	patronage (noun)
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action	the act of providing approval and support
	(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

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

Difference between social control and patronage

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