agent vs outgrowth

agent

noun
  • An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect 

  • One who exerts power, or has the power to act 

  • 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 

  • 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". 

  • Someone who works for an intelligence agency 

  • A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff. 

  • 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. 

  • A person who looks for work for another person 

outgrowth

noun
  • A byproduct or consequence of an action or event. 

  • An appendage of an animal. 

  • A branch or offshoot of a plant. 

  • Excessive growth. 

How often have the words agent and outgrowth occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )