different between paternalistic vs patronizing

English

paternal +? -istic

paternalistic (comparative more paternalistic, superlative most paternalistic)

the quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and yet intrusive manner towards underlings
of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
  With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!

paternalistic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
“paternalistic”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

patronizing (comparative more patronizing, superlative most patronizing)

patronizing

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