Agent vs. Reagent

Agent vs. Reagent — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Agent and Reagent

Agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

Reagentnoun

(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

Agentnoun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another

Reagentnoun

a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions

Agentnoun

A person who looks for work for another person

Agentnoun

Someone who works for an intelligence agency

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Agentnoun

An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect

Agentnoun

(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.

Agentnoun

(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".

Agentnoun

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;

their research uncovered new disease agents

Agentnoun

a substance that exerts some force or effect

Agentnoun

a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

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Agentnoun

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Agentnoun

any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

Agentnoun

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause