Agent and Messenger

Agent

Agent noun - A person sent on a mission to represent another.
Usage example: an undercover agent of the Crown
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Synonyms for Agent

Messenger is a synonym for agent in mediator topic. In some cases you can use "Messenger" instead a noun "Agent", when it comes to topics like emissary.

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Messenger

Messenger noun - One that carries a message or does an errand.
Usage example: the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages
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Synonyms for Messenger

Agent is a synonym for messenger in mediator topic. You can use "Agent" instead a noun "Messenger", if it concerns topics such as courier, emissary, message-bearer, person carrying information to another.

How words are described

human human agent human messenger
old old agent old messenger
elite elite agent elite messenger
best best agent best messenger
Other adjectives: dead, real, black, main, young, mysterious, Nazi, random, unknown, titular, unnamed.

Both words in one sentence

  • Happens in the Lord Darcy case "The Ipswitch Phial", when the Polish agent tries to get the titular phial from the English messenger who's retrieved it.
  • Series / Amen The INS agent was really a messenger from her attorney's office; he was bringing a letter telling Inga that she received a six-month extension on her visa.
    Source: Series / Amen
  • In Mystic Messenger Seven does this to the player in his route, fearing that his job as a secret agent hacker would only put her in danger, or he'd have to dissapear one day and hurt her.
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