New or Add?

So I am working on a program that does wonderful things, and there are some customer/projects to add. Naming the buttons, should they say New Customer, or Add Customer? There is not enough room for Add New Customer.

I think "New" sort of implies a possible future event, where "Add" is more immediate, but what is preferred? I know, its a pretty lame discussion. lol

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Northwest · M

Why would you "add new customer"? Isn't the customer, by definition, new? If the customer already exists, then you would be "editing" that customer information, not "adding a new customer".

Add (even skip the customer) should be plenty, as, logically, you are in a part of the application, that says "Adding Customer" somewhere on the label.