Agent and Object

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Object noun - Something material that can be perceived by the senses.

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Agent and object are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Object".

special	special agent	special object
certain	certain agent	certain object
alien	alien agent	alien object
single	single agent	single object
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, black, main, new, mysterious, random, unknown, titular, said, foreign, eponymous.

Can be subverted when an agent assumes that a mundane object is a gadget, when it is really just what it looks like.

Source: Shoe Phone
In addition, nowadays the agent mistaking an actual mundane object for a gadget is practically required by all but the most serious examples.

Source: Shoe Phone
Doctor Xu can use one on a single object once per turn for free, making him the best character in the game for dealing with safes... or disabling the heart monitors on the guards so that another agent like Shalem or Draco can kill them without raising the alarm.

Source: Video Game / Invisible, Inc.

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