Difference between Patronizing and Arch

What is the difference between Patronizing and Arch?

Patronizing as an adjective is offensively condescending. while Arch as an adjective is knowing, clever

Patronizing

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Offensively condescending.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

Example sentence: Fairy tales, before they were sanitized, were very dark, and kids love that. 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman feels like Beckett for kids. I think there's plenty of room for that. And I think there's a danger of being too patronizing to children, having things too sanitized.

Arch

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To form into an arch shape

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: knowing, clever

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inverted U shape.An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.An architectural element having the shape of an arch

Part of speech: prefix

Definition: Highly placed in a hierarchy, particularly used of church officialsPrimary among many

Example sentence: All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology.

We hope you now know whether to use Patronizing or Arch in your sentence.

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