eli5: torque vs horsepower

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I have worked on equipment most of my life and still don’t understand.

nearly all energy put into an ice engine that isn’t lost as heat goes to spinning a shaft. please explain to me how i can tell the difference between torque and horse power?

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The easiest explanation is torque is work performed (lifting a weight a distance) horsepower is how fast you can lift that weight. 

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