Sponsor vs. Supporter
Sponsornoun
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.
‘He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.’; ‘They were my sponsors for immigration.’;
Supporternoun
A person who gives support to someone or something.
Sponsornoun
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
‘My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.’;
Supporternoun
A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement; an adherent.
Sponsornoun
One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
‘And now a word from our sponsor.’;
Supporternoun
A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
Sponsorverb
(transitive) To be a sponsor for.
Supporternoun
(sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
‘There were 10,000 supporters in the last match.’;
Sponsornoun
One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.
Supporternoun
Something that supports another thing.
Sponsornoun
One who at the baptism of an infant professes the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
Supporternoun
Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
Sponsornoun
A person who vouches for another as fit for some post or task; as, one needs two sponsors to be considered for membership.
Supporternoun
(heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
Sponsornoun
A person or group that assumes financial responsibility for some activity, and may or may not participate in its organization and execution.
Supporternoun
A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
Sponsornoun
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.
Supporternoun
clipping of athletic supporter
Sponsornoun
someone who supports or champions something
Supporternoun
One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
‘The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.’; ‘The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries.’;
Sponsornoun
an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
Supporternoun
Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
Sponsorverb
assume sponsorship of
Supporternoun
A knee placed under the cathead.
Sponsorverb
assume responsibility for or leadership of;
‘The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan’;
Supporternoun
A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.
Sponsorverb
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Supporternoun
A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.
Sponsornoun
a person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising
‘the production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors’;
Supporternoun
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;
‘all their supporters came out for the game’; ‘they are friends of the library’;
Sponsornoun
a person who pledges to donate a certain amount of money to another person after they have participated in a fundraising event organized on behalf of a charity.
Supporternoun
someone who supports or champions something
Sponsornoun
a business or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs of a radio or television programme in return for advertising
‘NBC found a sponsor willing to put the election up on prime time’;
Supporternoun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
‘my invaluable assistant’; ‘they hired additional help to finish the work’;
Sponsornoun
a person who introduces and supports a proposal for legislation
‘a leading sponsor of the bill’;
Supporternoun
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
Sponsornoun
a person taking official responsibility for the actions of another
‘they act as sponsors and contacts for new immigrants’;
Supporternoun
a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
Sponsornoun
a godparent at a child's baptism.
Supporter
In heraldry, supporters, sometimes referred to as attendants, are figures or objects usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. Early forms of supporters are found in medieval seals.
Sponsornoun
(especially in the Roman Catholic Church) a person presenting a candidate for confirmation
‘Paul has asked me to be his sponsor for confirmation next month’;
Sponsorverb
provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out)
‘Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme’;
Sponsorverb
pay some or all of the costs involved in staging (a sporting or artistic event) in return for advertising
‘the event is sponsored by Cathay Pacific’;
Sponsorverb
pledge to donate a certain sum of money to (someone) after they have participated in a fundraising event for charity
‘she wishes to thank all those people who sponsored her’;
Sponsorverb
pledge to donate money to a participant in (a fund-raising event)
‘they raised £70 by a sponsored walk’;
Sponsorverb
introduce and support (a proposal) in a legislative assembly
‘a Labour MP sponsored the bill’;
Sponsorverb
propose and organize (negotiations or talks) between other people or groups
‘the USA sponsored negotiations between the two sides’;
