Customer vs. Patron

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 customerPatronnoun
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.
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.
Patronverb
To treat as a patron.
Patronnoun
a regular customer
Patronnoun
the proprietor of an inn
Patronnoun
someone who supports or champions something