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Motors are those little electric things that spin when powered.
Engines are those big thing under your hood that make your car go.
The thing that makes the windshield wipers rotate is called the wiper motor...not the wiper engine.
Your garage door opener is a motor, not an engine.
Your lawnmower uses an engine, not a motor.
The definitions are similar, and many people use them to mean either one. Its not a big deal, but something i pick up on and notice any time it is used wrong.
The definition of motor could describe and engine. But the definition of engine sets the two apart.
"en·gine ( P ) Pronunciation Key (njn)
n.
1.
A) A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
B) Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel. "
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