what is the difference between a car-motor and an engine ?

Answer 1

An engine is internal combustion. A motor is electric. The windshield wipers are driven by a motor. The car is driven by an engine.

Answer 2

"Engine" in this context refers to an internal combustion engine. An internal combustion engine can have various designs with any number of cylinders, or perhaps no cylinders at all (for example, the rotary combustion engine). If someone refers to a car engine, they are most often referring to the engine block and associated parts, i.e. the block of metal that houses the cylinders, the pistons, the camshaft and crankshaft, the spark plugs, etc. A motor is something that creates movement. In this sense, engines are motors. In the automotive industry, though, engines will usually be referred to as engines, and the term motor will most often be reserved for electric motors. Cars commonly have 4 or 6 cylinders (luxury models can have even more). Lawnmowers and chainsaws usually have only one. Diesel trucks have two or more cylinders. Heavy construction equipment can have over a dozen cylinders.

Answer 3

Depends on how you are using the term engine. A car motor is an internal combustion engine, unless it is an electric car in which case it has an electric motor not an engine. A steam locomotive has a steam engine. Jet plane has a turbine engine. There are many kinds of engines, only 1 or 2 of which you would use in a car.

Answer 4

Engine is a general term. A car motor is a type of engine. Also, cars have electric starter motors, et al.

Answer 5

Engineers LOVE this question cause they can give a very concise and acurate answer where the rest of us hacks fall back to the ELECTRIC motor GAS engine example/explanation .It has mainly to do with where the fuel or power source converts the power source to a power unit- gas is burned for internal combustion and water is boiled for steam engines vs. electricity which is ready to use in its raw form

Answer 6

Motor is a misnomer in this case, engine is the correct term.
Although, an electric car does if fact have a motor, and Hybrid cars have BOTH.
GB

Answer 7

In general, a motor is operated by electricity. An engine is operated by fuel and combustion.

Answer 8

An engine is fueled and produces the energy that powers a motor.
In a sense, an engine is the fuel for a motor.

I'm trying, without success right now to apply that analogy to a so-called computer 'search engine'. My frontal lobe throbeth.

Answer 9

a motor is an electrical device and an engine is a internal combustion device.

Answer 10

motors are electrical devices, engines are internal combustion devices