agent vs secretary

agent

noun
  • 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 

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

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

  • 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 

secretary

noun
  • A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. 

  • A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire. 

  • The head of a department of government. 

  • A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius. 

  • A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations. 

verb
  • To serve as a secretary of. 

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