Pet peeve...engine vs. motor

[pwilbarger]

Electric motors have cases to hold in the smoke. If the smoke gets out the motor is no good and will no longer function. I learned this in "engine"neering class.


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[Gordy]

Caveat - being a bit of a curmudgeon*, I have some very opinionated ideas, that may, or may not be correct.

Over the years the engine vs motor terminology has caused more than a few holes in my tongue. Short and sweet of it is that I was taught...

--- A motor uses electricity to create motion.

--- An engine is an internal combustion device that uses a fuel source (ie: gasoline or diesel) to create motion.

Hence, there may be 'motor's on a Spyder but, the 998cc Rotax V-twin, internal combustion engine is NOT one of them.

Thanks for the soap box, I will now try to do something productive today.


* curmudgeon - An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.

Look at it another way,a motor is a slave and an engine is a master.A motor has an external power source be it electricity, hydraulic, or air an engine develops its own power

 

[Bob Denman]

Have we transcended the practical and entered the philosophical?? :shocked:

 

[Firefly]

But can you snatch the piston from my hand grasshopper?

 

[bruiser]

But can you snatch the piston from my hand grasshopper?

But master, why must there be these differences?

So, there is and actuator and a cylinder. I know the difference... do you?

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

Now if you could just convince the Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Bavarian Motor Works, ...
There's also motor boats, motor cycles, motorsports, motor oil ...

Land let us not forget "Motor Mouth!"

 

[BentGamer]

What about motor mouth? My wife has called me that a time or two.