Customer vs. Patron

Customer vs. Patron — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Customer and Patron

Customernoun

A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

Every person who passes by is a potential customer.

Patronnoun

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

Customernoun

(informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.

a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer

Patronnoun

A guardian; nocap=1.

St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.

Customernoun

someone who pays for goods or services

Patronnoun

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

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Patronnoun

A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

This car park is for patrons only.

Patronnoun

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

Patronnoun

One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

Patronnoun

(nautical) A padrone.

Patronnoun

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

Patronverb

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

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Patronverb

To treat as a patron.

Patronnoun

a regular customer

Patronnoun

the proprietor of an inn

Patronnoun

someone who supports or champions something