Agent vs. Agency

Agent and Agency Definitions
Agent
One that acts or has the power or authority to act.
Agency
The condition of being in action; operation.
Agent
One empowered to act for or represent another
An author's agent.
An insurance agent.
Agency
The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.
Agent
A means by which something is done or caused; an instrument.
Agency
A business with agents that negotiate deals for clients
A talent agency.
A real estate agency.
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Agent
A force or substance that causes a change
A chemical agent.
An infectious agent.
Agency
An advertising or public relations firm.
Agent
A representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
An FBI agent.
Agency
An administrative division of a government or international body.
Agent
A spy.
Agency
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
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Agent
(Linguistics) The argument that expresses the means or cause of an action or event described by a phrase or clause. The noun John is the agent in the clause John threw the ball.
Agency
The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
Moral agency
Individual agency
Agent
To act as an agent or representative for
Who will agent your next book?.
Agency
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
Agent
To act as an agent or representative.
Agency
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
Authority of agency
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Agent
One who exerts power, or has the power to act
Agency
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
Agent
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
Agency
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Central Intelligence Agency
Agent
A person who looks for work for another person
Agency
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world.
Agent
Someone who works for an intelligence agency
Agency
The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.
Agent
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
Agency
The place of business of am agent.
Agent
(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
Agency
An administrative unit of government;
The Central Intelligence Agency
The Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agent
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
Agency
A business that serves other businesses
Agent
(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
Agency
The state of being in action or exerting power;
The agency of providence
She has free agency
Agent
Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
Agency
The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Agent
One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill.
Agency
How a result is obtained or an end is achieved;
A means of control
An example is the best agency of instruction
The true way to success
Agent
One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
Agent
An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
Agent
A chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.
Agent
An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;
Their research uncovered new disease agents
Agent
A substance that exerts some force or effect
Agent
A representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
Agent
A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Agent
Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
Agent
The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause