Engine or motor?

"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123)
11/02/2013 at 18:19 • Filed to: None

I say engine. Since it is an internal combustion engine.

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tromoly > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:21

Gasoline/Alcohol/Diesel ENGINE .

Electric MOTOR .

That's how I think of it.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:22

A motor can be electric, but only an engine can be combustion.

Slave2anMG > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:22

However, a steam engine is an external combustion engine...the combustion takes place outside of the cylinders.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > tromoly
11/02/2013 at 18:22

Nailed it.

Dunnik > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:22

Well, both. For the unwashed masses who are uninterested in cars, I use "engine". When speaking to fellow enthusiasts, I'll still use engine but sometimes I'll say motor.

If the engine is small, like under 1500cc, then I tend to call it a motor no matter what.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:24

Engine. I think it's a continental difference. Pretty certain no-one uses 'motor' over here.

Interestingly, the word 'engine' existed before the invention of engines. Back then, it meant someone/something who was of great creative intelligence: 'that woman is of great engine'.

You can see how it came to be applied to these fandangled self-propelling contraptions.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 18:26

Kinja'd!!!

Ghost Dog - For the kittens > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
11/02/2013 at 18:30

Agree. As much as I like to think it should always be engine, once in a while I catch myself using motor, or find motor used. Things such as Motor cycle blur the line.

Slave2anMG > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/02/2013 at 18:36

Kinja'd!!!

Slave2anMG > tromoly
11/02/2013 at 18:38

Some US railroads with electric locomotives called them 'motors'. Some called them 'engines'. And several railroads with diesel electric locomotives still call them...motors. Go figure :)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Slave2anMG
11/02/2013 at 18:38

what

The

FUCK?

Slave2anMG > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/02/2013 at 18:44

Yeah, pretty much my response the first time I saw it.

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tromoly > Slave2anMG
11/02/2013 at 19:02

Yeah, that's where it gets tricky 'cause they have Diesel engines driving an Electrical generator that powers an Electric motor. And then some have Turbine engines instead of a Diesel engine.

ttyymmnn > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/02/2013 at 19:14

MOTOR :
2 : any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as
a : a small compact engine
b : internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine
c : a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy

ENGINE :
4 : a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion

Merriam-Webster