Agency vs Regency - What's the difference?
agency | regency |
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 system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
The time during which a regent is in power.
As nouns the difference between agency and regency
is that agency is the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation while regency is a system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.As a proper noun Regency is
the historical period in the United Kingdom - specifically 1811-1820 - in which King George IV ruled as Prince Regent.agency
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(agencies)- The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.
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