Agent and Chief

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Chief and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Agent and chief are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

old	old agent	old chief
female	female agent	female chief
dead	dead agent	dead chief
corrupt	corrupt agent	corrupt chief
Other adjectives: actual, real, incompetent, black, main, new, former, mysterious, retired, last, competent, previous, paranoid, eponymous, high-ranking, badass.

Later Max is accused of being the one, but after convincing the Chief and Agent 99 that he's not the one, he proceeds to unwittingly uncover Agent 23 as the real mole.

Source: Film / Get Smart
When Max figures out how to stop the evil plot, he is unable to contact the Chief or Agent 13 and when he tries to tell another agent, he disregards his comments because Maxwell Smart couldn't possibly be talking to him because he's dead.

Source: Faking the Dead
Foil: A lot of attention is called to the contrast between Master Chief and Agent Locke.

Source: Video Game / Halo 5: Guardians

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