different between channel vs agent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æn?l/
• Hyphenation: chan?nel
• Rhymes: -æn?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin can?lis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.

Noun

channel (plural channels)

1. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.

   The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

2. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

   A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.

3. The navigable part of a river.

   We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.

4. A narrow body of water between two land masses.

   The English Channel lies between France and England.
5. Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

   The news was conveyed to us by different channels.

   • 1859, John Call Dalton, A Treatise on Human Physiology

     The veins are converging channels.

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National Assembly such matter as may import that body to know.

6. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
7. (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

   The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.

8. (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
9. (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.

   A channel stretches between them.

10. (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

    We are using one of the 24 channels.

11. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

    The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.

12. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

    Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.

13. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

    KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.

14. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

    NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.

    • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

      TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

15. (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.

    This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.

16. (technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.

    The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.

17. (business, marketing) A distribution channel
18. (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
19. (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
    • 1999, Jeffrey S Rule, Dynamic HTML: The HTML Developer's Guide

      Netcaster is the "receiver" for channels that are built into Netscape 4.01 and later releases.
20. A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.

Synonyms

• (narrow body of water between two land masses) passage, sound, strait
• (for television) side (dated British, from when there were only two channels), station (US)
• (groove, as in a fluted column) groove, gutter

Derived terms

Related terms

• canal

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (channeru)
• ? Korean: ?? (chaeneol)
• ? Welsh: sianel

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English chanelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

channel (third-person singular simple present channels, present participle channeling or channelling, simple past and past participle channelled or channeled)

1. (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
2. (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.

   We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

3. (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.

   She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.

4. (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

   He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.

   When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

Derived terms

• backchannel

Translations

Etymology 3

From a corruption of chainwale.

Noun

channel (plural channels)

1. (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

References

• channel at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Latin ag?ns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.d??nt/, /?e?.d??nt/

Noun

agent (plural agents)

1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act
2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick Chapter 36

     I see in him [Moby Dick] outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him.

3. A person who looks for work for another person
   • 4 June 2016, Press Association, Ronald Koeman’s agent says Dutchman has agreed terms with Everton

     Ronald Koeman has agreed a deal with Everton to become their new manager, his agent has reportedly told Dutch media. The agent Rob Jansen said, according to the popular Voetbal International website, that it was now down to Southampton and Everton to agree a compensation package for the Dutchman, who has a year remaining on his contract at St Mary’s.

4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency
5. An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
   • 1807, James Edward Smith, An introduction to physiological and systematical botany/Chapter 11

     So far seems to be the work of chemistry alone; at least we have no right to conclude that any other agent interferes; since hay, when it happens to imbibe moisture, exhibits nearly the same processes."

6. (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.
8. (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".
   • 2009, Tarsee Li, The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization, p. 58:

     A verb is typically described as active when its subject is the agent or actor. By contrast, a verb is said to be passive when the subject does not perform the action, but is the patient, target, or undergoer of the action.

9. (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
   • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling (page 108)

     Nevada casinos are fleeced out of millions of dollars yearly by agents (cheats acting as players) in collusion with crooked Black Jack dealers and pit bosses.

Synonyms

• (one who exerts power): See also Thesaurus:doer
• (one who acts in place of another): See also Thesaurus:deputy
• (person who looks for work for another person): manager, representative, rep
• (someone who works for an intelligence agency): See also Thesaurus:spy
• (grammar): actor, performer

Antonyms

• (grammar): patient, recipient, undergoer

Derived terms

Related terms

• act
• action
• agency

Translations

See also

• proxy

Further reading

• agent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• agent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Tegan, ganté, genta

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ag?ns, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /???en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?d??ent/

Noun

agent m or f (plural agents)

1. agent

Derived terms

• agent doble
• agent secret

Related terms

• agència

References

Further reading

• “agent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “agent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “agent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin agentis (“acting”).

Noun

agent

1. agent

Declension

Derived terms

• agentlik

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a??nt]

Noun

agent m

1. agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)

Related terms

• See akt
• agentura

Further reading

• agent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• agent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Latin ag?ns.

Noun

agent c (singular definite agenten, plural indefinite agenter)

1. agent (all senses)

Declension

Synonyms

• spion

Derived terms

See also

• agens
• kommissionær
• repræsentant
• subjekt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French agent, from Latin ag?ns (“one who acts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????nt/
• Hyphenation: a?gent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

agent m (plural agenten, diminutive agentje n, feminine agente)

1. a police officer, cop;

   Synonym: politieagent

   1. as low(est) rank, constable

2. an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent
3. an agent (one who acts on behalf of another)
   1. a broker

      Synonym: makelaar

   2. a middleman, surrogate

Derived terms

• agentschap
• beursagent

Related terms

• agens

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agent
• ? Indonesian: agen

Anagrams

• gaten

French

Etymology

From Middle French agent, from Latin ag?ns, agentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.???/

Noun

agent m (plural agents, feminine agente)

1. agent

Derived terms

Related terms

• agence

Descendants

• ? Turkish: ajan

Further reading

• “agent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• étang
• gante, ganté
• géant
• gênât

Italian

Noun

agent m (plural agent, feminine agente)

1. agent

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.?ent/, [?ä??n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.d??ent/, [???d???n?t?]

Verb

agent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ag?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agenter, definite plural agentene)

1. an agent

References

• “agent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “agent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agentar, definite plural agentane)

1. an agent

References

• “agent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin ag?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.??nt/

Noun

agent m pers (feminine agentka)

1. (espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)

   Synonyms: szpieg, wywiadowca

2. (law) commission agent (agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name)

   Synonym: ajent

3. (business) representative (company agent)

   Synonym: przedstawiciel

4. (acting, literature) impresario, literary agent
5. (espionage) officer, peeper, secret agent

   Synonyms: cichociemny, tajniak

Declension

Related terms

• (nouns) agentura, agenturka
• (adjectives) agenturowy, agenturalny

Further reading

• agent in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• agent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Alternative forms

• aghent

Etymology

From French agent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?d?ent]

Noun

agent m (plural agen?i, feminine equivalent agent?)

1. agent

Declension

Further reading

• agent in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin ag?ns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ent/
• Hyphenation: a?gent

Noun

àgent m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. agent

Declension

References

• “agent” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

agent c

1. an agent

Declension

Related terms

• agentfilm
• agentkontor
• agentprovision
• agentroman
• agentskap
• agentur
• agentverksamhet
• handelsagent

See also

• aktör
• ombud

References

• agent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• agnet, genat, tagen, tagne

Tatar

Noun

agent

1. Latin spelling of ????? (a?ent)