Agent and Principal

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Principal noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Agent and principal are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Agent" with "Principal", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: principle, principally, principality, principe

old	old agent	old principal
good	good agent	good principal
female	female agent	female principal
best	best agent	best principal
Other adjectives: corrupt, actual, real, evil, black, new, former, junior, ruthless, titular, said, previous.

Agent/Principal Phil Coulson of Ultimate Spider-Man seems prone to this trope when going into battle.

Source: Necktie Headband
Peabody, who was an adoption agent in the first film, a principal in the second (and cartoon) and a dentist in the third.

Source: Film / Problem Child
More generally, the principal-agent problem is about how to get someone acting on your behalf to do what you want to do, not what he wants to do.

Source: Stealing from the Till

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