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What is the difference between Agency and Will?

Newbie here at psychology. To my limited understanding, agency seems to be just another word for will, but this can hardly be the case. Could you please define for me what the difference between Agency and Will is?
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So how I've always viewed it is that the will is more psychological or mental. We have the will to chose our own future. Our will is *free* in that we can chose whatever actions or make whatever decisions we wish. Agency however is more of our ability to act on our free will. For example, while humans everywhere have free will, there are certain places in the world where their individual agency to act on this free will is limited.