Support vs. Sponsor — What's the Difference?

To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping

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

To bear or hold up (an amount of weight)

A person who introduces and supports a proposal for legislation

To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to

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

To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases

Introduce and support (a proposal) in a legislative assembly

To provide for or maintain by supplying with money or necessities

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

To furnish corroborating evidence for

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

To aid the cause, policy, or interests of

A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

To argue in favor of; advocate

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

To have an enthusiastic interest in (a sports team).

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.

To endure; tolerate

To act as a sponsor for.

To act in a secondary or subordinate role to (a leading performer).

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.

To offer help or advice regarding (a product or service).

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

(Computers) To be compatible with (a program)

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

The act of supporting

(transitive) To be a sponsor for.

The state of being supported

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

One that supports

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

The provision of money or the necessities of life

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

Help or advice offered to those encountering difficulties with a product or service.

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

(transitive) To keep from falling.

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.

(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Someone who supports or champions something

(transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

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

(transitive) To help, particularly financially.

Assume sponsorship of

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

Assume responsibility for or leadership of;

(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

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

(transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.

(transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

Something which supports.

Financial or other help.

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

Evidence.

(computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

An accompaniment in music.

(gymnastics) support position

(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. en

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.

To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.

To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.

To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.

To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.

To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.

A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.

The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.

That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.

That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities;

Aiding the cause or policy or interests of;

Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest;

A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission;

Documentary validation;

The financial means whereby one lives;

Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation;

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening;

A subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts

Any device that bears the weight of another thing;

Financial resources provided to make some project possible;

Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to;

Support materially or financially;

Be behind; approve of;

Be the physical support of; carry the weight of;

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Adopt as a belief;

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;

Argue or speak in defense of;

Play a subordinate role to (another performer);

Be a regular customer or client of;

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;