Difference between Fungicidal and Agent

What is the difference between Fungicidal and Agent?

Fungicidal as an adjective is of, or relating to fungicide while Agent as a noun is one who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Fungicidal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, or relating to fungicide having the ability to destroy or control fungus

Agent

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.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.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".

Example sentence: Frankly, I would never accept an award from Vladimir Putin because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher, this KGB agent, which is what he is.

We hope you now know whether to use Fungicidal or Agent in your sentence.

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