Agent and Method

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Method and agent are semantically related in measure topic. In some cases you can use "Method" instead a noun "Agent", when it comes to topics like means.

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Method

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

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Synonyms for Method

Agent and method are semantically related in measure topic. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Method".

Nearby Words: methodical, methodize, methodically, methodic, Methodism

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How words are described

known	known agent	known method
old	old agent	old method
good	good agent	good method
special	special agent	special method
Other adjectives: best, perfect, certain, single, effective, powerful, actual, real, main, new, former, said, previous.

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This method also involves And I Must Scream, since the agent in question is aware that he or she is not in control of the body but can't do anything about it.

Source: Manchurian Agent
In Britain Bulgaria remains synonymous with poisoned umbrellas, after a well-publicised incident in The '70s when a dissident was knocked off by a Bulgarian agent in London by this method.

Source: Useful Notes / Bulgaria
Once said agent was captured, the sensory deprivation method wasn't used due to his health, so instead they used other methods that weren't as harmful to physical condition.

Source: Torture Always Works

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