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Agency vs Organ - What's the difference?

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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 capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.
  • The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.
  • 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.
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    Central Intelligence Agency

    Synonyms

    * action * operation * efficiency * instrumentality * management

    Derived terms

    {{der3, dating agency , employment agency , escort agency , introduction agency , news agency , press agency , relief agency , syndication agency , travel agency}}

    organ

    English

    (wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= 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.}}
  • An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  • A species of cactus ().
  • (slang) The penis.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organ

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
  • * Bishop Mannyngham
  • Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

    Anagrams

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