Agent vs. Representative

Agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

Agentnoun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another

Agentnoun

A person who looks for work for another person

Agentnoun

Someone who works for an intelligence agency

Agentnoun

An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect

Agentnoun

(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.

Agentnoun

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

Agentadjective

Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

Agentnoun

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Agentnoun

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

Agentnoun

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

Agentnoun

a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.

Agentnoun

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;

Agentnoun

a substance that exerts some force or effect

Agentnoun

a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

Agentnoun

a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Agentnoun

any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

Agentnoun

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause

Agentnoun

a person who acts on behalf of another person or group

Agentnoun

a person who manages business, financial, or contractual matters for an actor, performer, writer, etc.

Agentnoun

a person or company that provides a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties

Agentnoun

a person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other official body

Agentnoun

a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect

Agentnoun

a substance that brings about a chemical or physical effect or causes a chemical reaction

Agentnoun

the doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of an active verb or in a by phrase with a passive verb.

Agentnoun

an independently operating Internet program, typically one that performs background tasks such as information retrieval or processing on behalf of a user or other program.

Representativeadjective

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

Representativeadjective

Representing, showing a likeness.

Representativenoun

One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.

Representativenoun

A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.

Representativenoun

Something regarded as typical of its class.

Representativenoun

A member of the US House of Representatives.

Representativenoun

A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.

Representativenoun

(legal) An heir.

Representativeadjective

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

Representativeadjective

Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.

Representativeadjective

Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

Representativeadjective

Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.

Representativeadjective

Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

Representativenoun

One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.

Representativenoun

An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

Representativenoun

One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

Representativenoun

A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.

Representativenoun

That which presents the full character of the type of a group.

Representativenoun

a person who represents others

Representativenoun

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;

Representativenoun

a member of the United States House of Representatives

Representativenoun

an item of information that is representative of a type;

Representativeadjective

serving to represent or typify;

Representativeadjective

standing for something else;

Representativeadjective

being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives;