Agent and Cause

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Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

Usage example: the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries

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Cause is a synonym for agent in power topic. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Agent", when it comes to topics like force, means.

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Agent is a synonym for cause in origin topic. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Cause", if it concerns topics such as means, originator.

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

known	known agent	known cause
human	human agent	human cause
old	old agent	old cause
good	good agent	good cause
Other adjectives: single, actual, real, evil, main, ultimate, new, unknown, rebel, communist, biological.

Captain Proton and Martian agent TuMok are trying to deactivate a doomsday device that will cause mass flooding.

Source: Cut the Juice
He created a fictitious network, just so the Germans would believe him and he'd be able to work for the British cause as a double agent known as Agent Garbo.

Source: Refuge In Audacity / Real Life
Lucy Stillman's assistance in particular played a more significant part in setting Desmond on the path back to his ancestors' cause, despite her turning out to be a Templar double agent.

Source: Franchise / Assassin's Creed

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