different between maintain vs patronize

English

Etymology

From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin man?tene?, man?ten?re (“I support”), from Latin man? (“with the hand”) + tene? (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?n?te?n/, /m?n?te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Verb

maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14^th-19^thc.]
2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14^thc.]
3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15^thc.]

Antonyms

• (to keep up): abandon

Derived terms

• maintainability

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Anagrams

• amanitin

English

Etymology

From patron +? -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronis?re (“to lead a galley as patron”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæt??na?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pe?t??na?z/, /?pæt??na?z/
• Hyphenation: pa?tron?ize

Verb

patronize (third-person singular simple present patronizes, present participle patronizing, simple past and past participle patronized)

1. (transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) enpatron, (obsolete) patrocinate
2. (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
3. (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

   Synonyms: condescend, infantilize
4. (transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.

Alternative forms

• patronise (Commonwealth)

Coordinate terms

• matronize

Derived terms

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References

Anagrams

• prazitone