Agent vs. Fiduciary — What's the Difference?

A person who acts on behalf of another person or group

A fiduciary is a person who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust with one or more other parties (person or group of persons). Typically, a fiduciary prudently takes care of money or other assets for another person.

A person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect

Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another

One that acts or has the power or authority to act.

Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.

One empowered to act for or represent another

Held in trust.

A means by which something is done or caused; an instrument.

Of or consisting of fiat money.

A force or substance that causes a change

Of, relating to, or being a system of marking in the field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale.

A representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government

One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, who has a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another.

A spy.

(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.

(Linguistics) The argument that expresses the means or cause of an action or event described by a phrase or clause. The noun John is the agent in the clause John threw the ball.

Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.

To act as an agent or representative for

(non-standard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.

To act as an agent or representative.

(legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

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

Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity.

A person who looks for work for another person

Holding, held, or founded, in trust.

Someone who works for an intelligence agency

One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

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

One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian.

(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.

A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary;

(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".

Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another);

(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.

Acting; - opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, 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, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

A chemical substance having biological effects; a drug.

An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;

A substance that exerts some force or effect

A representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause