Sponsor vs. Patron — What's the Difference?

A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising

A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause

A person who introduces and supports a proposal for legislation

A customer of a shop, restaurant, etc., especially a regular one

Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out)

A patrician in relation to a client.

Introduce and support (a proposal) in a legislative assembly

A person or institution with the right to grant a benefice to a member of the clergy.

One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.

One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor

One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.

A customer, especially a regular customer.

A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

(also pä-trōn) The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.

(Christianity) One who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation; a godparent.

A noble or wealthy person in ancient Rome who granted favor and protection to someone in exchange for certain services.

One that finances a project, event, or organization directed by another person or group, such as a business enterprise that pays for radio or television programming in return for advertising time.

A slave owner in ancient Rome who freed a slave without relinquishing all legal claim to him.

To act as a sponsor for.

One who possesses the right to grant an ecclesiastical benefice to a member of the clergy.

A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.

A patron saint.

A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.

A guardian or intercessor; patron saint.

(transitive) To be a sponsor for.

An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

One who at the baptism of an infant professes the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.

A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.

A person who vouches for another as fit for some post or task; as, one needs two sponsors to be considered for membership.

One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

A person or group that assumes financial responsibility for some activity, and may or may not participate in its organization and execution.

(nautical) A padrone.

A person or organization, usually a commercial organization, which pays the cost of an activity, such as a radio or television broadcast, and in return is given the right to advertise itself or its products as part of the activity; as, now a word from our sponsor.

A property owner, a landlord, a master. patroon.}}

Someone who supports or champions something

To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

To treat as a patron.

Assume sponsorship of

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

Assume responsibility for or leadership of;

A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.

One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

A guardian saint. - called also patron saint.

See Padrone, 2.

To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

A regular customer

The proprietor of an inn

Someone who supports or champions something