Engine or Motor ?

[DeltaV]

Motor mouth sounds better than engine mouth.

 

[33 IMP]

If a guy walks up to your car and asks you “What do you have under your bonnet mate, how will you respond?

My mom would have said....

"My head!"

 

[YY1]

Speaking of folks from down under, or thereabouts....

"Donk".

 

[Detective D]

I grew up in WI where it is all industrial and agriculture for the last 150 years.
When I was young, old timers said motor. Why?
Because an engine was STEAM. Grandpa used a steam ENGINE to power the thresher. (the thresher was still in the shed in 1988 when he sold the farm, in perfectly working condition)
The motor was gas powered in the tractor. Start the motor. A little ether helps get the motor to fire in the cold. Motor cracked a head (Ford 9N) but we pinned it and repaired it.

Younger generations had access to electricity. Electric motors showed up to power things like the grain auger, hay elevator, things that a PTO or flat belt used to do. Silo unloaders. used to do that by hand. No one EVER says electric engine.
For most of my youth, both words were used, and no one had to explain it because DUH, if there was an electric motor on the elevator you plugged in the motor or flipped on the breaker. If it was a tractor or the truck you weren't looking for a plug lol.

 

[Photon440]

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[OldGuyGTX]

A motor is driven by electricity, where an engine is not. However, I do put motor oil in my engine.

Unless it's a locomotive, just had to say it.

 

[Dipstick]

...and it's source of power was.....?

Doesn't matter, an engine is defined as A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.

 

[YY1]

Doesn't matter, an engine is defined as A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.

That was my point.

It was not self powered.

...but it could be.

That's the difference, "Engine" has a somewhat broader definition as it can be a power source or utilize an external source.

"Motor" is a power source.

Either term is correct for what's under a car's hood.

 

[theman440]

If a guy walks up to your car and asks you “What do you have under your bonnet mate, how will you respond?

A Winnebago engine, er-uh motor!

 

[monaco66coupe]

you guys forget about Ma MOPAR? (otherwise known as Motor Parts)

 

[Tony Tee]

This dipstick doesn't know either?