Difference between Patronize and Patronise

What is the difference between Patronize and Patronise?

Patronize as a verb is make a patron while Patronise as a verb is to make a patron

Patronize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: make a patron Treat as inferior unduly, talk down to, treat condescendingly. To make oneself a regular customer of a business.

Example sentence: Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

Patronise

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make a patronTo treat as inferior unduly, talk down to, treat condescendingly.To make oneself a regular customer of a business.

We hope you now know whether to use Patronize or Patronise in your sentence.

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