Agent and Influence

Agent

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Influence noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Agent and influence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Influence".

human	human agent	human influence
good	good agent	good influence
alien	alien agent	alien influence
single	single agent	single influence
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, evil, main, new, greatest, foreign, soviet.

Limburger tried to invoke the fact he had power and influence but the agent said Al Capone also had them.

Source: Western Animation / Biker Mice from Mars
In later issues, a Retcon reveals that he's actually a DEA agent who's been under the influence of a delusion induced by one of his enemies.

Source: Comic Book / The New Universe
He is basically a highly decorated covert ops agent, while in his public persona he projects a spoiled noble who got a cushy job because of his father's influence.

Source: The Greatest Story Never Told

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