Help
Help noun - An act or instance of helping.
Usage example: I could use your help getting this tire back on the car
Patronage is a synonym for help in encouragement topic. In some cases you can use "Patronage" instead a noun "Help".
Patronage
Patronage noun - The financial support and general guidance for an undertaking.
Usage example: a symphony orchestra that had long relied upon the patronage of the city's moneyed old guard
Help is a synonym for patronage in encouragement topic. Sometimes you can use "Help" instead a noun "Patronage", if it concerns topics such as support, sponsorship, support of a cause.
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The couple she was trying to "protect" from Dutch and Doyle are so disgusted by the way she treats them that they immediately end their patronage to help the two out.
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Stalin used his position as secretary to develop a network of connections and patronage, and he successfully used Lenin's vague approval of his managerial abilities and specific criticisms of the other candidates to help win the election.
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He relied heavily on artifacts like the Eye of Agamotto to help him use those abilities effectively, so his loss of the Eye and the special patronage of the Vishanti would count as a functional de-powering.
Source: Comic Book / Doctor Strange
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