What's the difference between client and patron?

Client


Definition:

  • (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
  • (n.) A dependent; one under the protection of another.
  • (n.) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted at both times.
  • (2) This paper describes the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of a sample of chronically mentally ill clients at a large comprehensive community mental health center.
  • (3) The study was conducted by monitoring the case managers in the following activities: client intake screening, assessment and service planning, referrals, advocacy, and support services.
  • (4) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
  • (5) Nursing staff can assist these clients in a therapeutic way by becoming familiar with the types of issues these clients present and the behaviors they manifest.
  • (6) RBS had received complaints from two clients, in October 2010 and January 2012, about the activities of forex traders and in November 2011 one of its own traders raised concerns, which were not heeded.
  • (7) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
  • (8) Only six (43 per cent) of the stores routinely informed clients of the need to continue deworming procedures once the pup left the store.
  • (9) Wood tells clients: Carney said an interest rate hike: “could happen sooner than markets currently expect”.
  • (10) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
  • (11) In 227 smokers' clinic clients who managed at least one week of abstinence, ratings of withdrawal symptoms were used to predict subsequent return to smoking.
  • (12) The benefits of holistically identifying clients' ability to mobilize coping resources is that nurses can plan intervention more effectively if these categorizations can be consistently verified.
  • (13) The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the superior court ruling.
  • (14) His client-base has tripled since January, and now includes more than half of Shanghai and Beijing's international schools.
  • (15) In order to reduce the devasting effects of enteric diseases among children born to mothers in tropical countries of Africa and Asia, it is imperative that all health workers understand the cultural and social perceptions of their clients towards the disease in question.
  • (16) By using a national sample we ensured that the influence of regional variations in the configuration of long-term care services would not confound estimates of the relative effect of client-related factors.
  • (17) Results demonstrated that community clients surpassed institutional clients in social and cognitive skills, but not in daily living skills.
  • (18) He knew how to shmooze Middle East clients and his al-Yamamah deal - under which jets were sold to Saudi Arabia - was the mid-1980s contract which secured his later position as executive chairman at BAE Systems .
  • (19) The issue of fees can affect clients' evaluation of the provider as well as the likelihood of using the service being offered.
  • (20) He is now to remain with the bank until March 2014, with continued use of the bank's town house in the West End of London, intended for the bank's wealthiest clients.

Patron


Definition:

  • (n.) See Padrone, 2.
  • (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
  • (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
  • (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
  • (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
  • (n.) An advocate or pleader.
  • (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
  • (n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  • (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
  • (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In one of the best of the recent ones ( Shakespeare Unbound , 2007) René Weis has a cool and illuminatingly open-minded analysis of whether the earlier sonnets (including 20) are directed at the young and glamorous Earl of Southampton, the poet’s patron and possible love object.
  • (2) The new slogan “for the thirsty” seems to lionise those who try different things: great for enticing new patrons but do you really want your loyal consumer base branching out beyond their usual pint?
  • (3) He has set up a "trade and growth" board for Scotland and will soon lead Scotland's "largest ever trade delegation to Brazil", a visit which will take place on St Andrew's Day, the patron saints day beloved by the nationalists.
  • (4) Immediately after the verdicts two Surrey-based charities, Shooting Star Chase and the Woking & Sam Beare Hospices, said that Clifford would no longer be their patron.
  • (5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Charlie Webster explains her decision to quit as patron of Sheffield United She said: “At no point have Sheffield United acknowledged the extremity of his crime.
  • (6) In view of this, Hufeland has become a kind of 'patron saint' to modern chronobiologists.
  • (7) The bill should authorize stiff fines for unruly dog behavior – to include noise violations from sustained barking and lunging – and misdemeanor criminal penalties for menacing waitstaff and patrons.
  • (8) I went to the club twice and moved around, taking my photos without interacting much with any of the patrons,” McMullan recalled.
  • (9) He was the patron of an alternative medicine charity run by Dr Patrick Pietroni, who had a GP practice in the basement of Marylebone Church.
  • (10) If there is a patron saint of shorts in this country, then it is undoubtedly the Chungmeister, with her beloved denim hotpants and collection of lacy and smart city shorts.
  • (11) A former showgirl from the gravel pits of Wraysbury in Berkshire, Keeler was just 19 and was staying on the estate with her friend, patron and (some said) pimp, the society osteopath Stephen Ward.
  • (12) In the African American neighborhood south of the Midway, Gates gutted a string of condemned buildings and then turned them into sculpture, covertly turning his collectors into patrons of urban renewal .
  • (13) Litvinenko also received a regular stipend from the oligarch Boris Berezovsky , his friend and patron, who had arranged his escape from Russia in October 2000.
  • (14) Kabila's father, Laurent Kabila, had seized power with Rwandan help in 1997 only to then go to war with his former patrons and die by an assassin's bullet a little over three years later.
  • (15) They are thus funded or closed from season to season depending on the generosity of surrounding mines, the success of local art centres, and the sympathy of wealthy patrons.
  • (16) But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron.
  • (17) He wants to style himself as patron of the most ambitious urban overhaul since Baron Haussmann dramatically changed the face of Paris in the mid-19th century when he carved out wide boulevards and the Champs Elysée.
  • (18) A spokesman for Prince Charles said: “The red squirrel is a most cherished and iconic national species, and, as patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, the Prince of Wales keenly supports all efforts to conserve and promote their diminishing numbers.
  • (19) She gives the example of the Digismart scheme , of which she is a patron, which uses digital tools to mentor struggling school children, and has been introduced at 500 schools.
  • (20) Unlike the multi-racial community living and working in Woodstock , Cape Town’s oldest suburb, the vast majority of the Old Biscuit Mill’s patrons are white, while many of those serving in the food market and other businesses are black, as are the car guards and beggars outside.