I’ve heard these words used interchangeably over the years, with engine being more prevalent. Is there any difference? Why is a small gas-driven device like a lawnmower commonly said to have a motor, while what is under the hood of a car is almost always referred to as an engine?
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I have worked with hydraulic motors, electric motors, and pneumatic motors. The power is made somewhere else at the end of wires, or pipes, or hoses…
An engine makes its own power right next to the output shaft. A lot of people can call an engine a motor, but…that does not make it a motor.
When referring to gas cars, they can both be used and mean exactly the same thing. But for electric cars, they have an electric motor, not an engine.
Motor= Electrical or Pneumatic or hydraulic spiny thing
Engine= Gasoline or diesel spinny thing
Rocket guy here.
A motor is a solid-propellant device that can’t be shut off once started. An engine uses liquid fuel and has throttle controls.
A motor is usually powered with electricity and has less moving parts. An engine is power through combustible liquids or gasses and has allot more moving parts inside of it. Also an easy way to remember the difference. Engine, stands for ingenious design. I’m also most definitely wrong in many ways but that’s the simple way I remember it.
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