Agency vs Organ - What's the difference?
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The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.
A person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved: instrumentality, means.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
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, title= An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
A species of cactus ().
(slang) The penis.
(obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
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As nouns the difference between agency and organ
is that agency is the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation while organ is a largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.As a verb organ is
to supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.agency
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(agencies)- The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Central Intelligence Agency
Synonyms
* action * operation * efficiency * instrumentality * managementDerived terms
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(wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organExternal links
* *Verb
(en verb)- Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.