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Question regarding banal nationalism, nationalism and patriotism

I've come across the term "banal nationalism", while doing research for a university assignment. According to Michael Billig, banal nationalism "flags up, confirms and reproduces national identity through everyday conduct" and is "found in the embodied habits of social life" where it acts to remind citizens of "their national place in a world of nations" (Billig, Michael. 1995. Banal Nationalism. London: Sage Publications).

My question is: what are the nationalistic traits contained within banal nationalism, which separate it from patriotism? Fx. Billig mentions a flag hanging unnoticed on a public buildng as an example of banal nationalism. But what exactly makes this nationalistic rather than patriotic?
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Billig argues that patriotism is no different from nationalism, except that patriotism is "ours" while nationalism happens to other people. In other words, the difference is not a matter of content but rather the choice of term reflects the boundaries of one's social identity.