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2005-04-29, 11:50 AM #1
(a simple question of these terms. I don't think I found a solution to this question yet, if there is one. Any engineers here?)

edit:Better question:

"A car runs on a(n) _______."

Engine or motor?
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2005-04-29, 11:55 AM #2
It's simple. Since you used the article 'a', the correct term has to start with a consonant sound. Thus, motor.
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2005-04-29, 11:55 AM #3
...Internal combustion engine...
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2005-04-29, 11:59 AM #4
gbk, wouldn't work because it would be "an internal" not "a internal"
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2005-04-29, 12:04 PM #5
Erm, I don't think he meant for the decision to be based on the grammar of the sentence.

Engine seems more appropriate to me.
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2005-04-29, 12:07 PM #6
That's right. So I edited the question a bit.
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2005-04-29, 12:10 PM #7
In that case, engine.
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2005-04-29, 12:16 PM #8
engine
2005-04-29, 12:26 PM #9
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2005-04-29, 12:29 PM #10
Flux Capacitor.
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2005-04-29, 12:53 PM #11
Engines run on fuel. Motors are electric. So it depends now on the car.

I would answer "road." The question doesn't make sense anyway, since a car doesn't run at all without a motor or engine.

IT'S A TRICK QUESTION!

(or perhaps I would answer "Cat")
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2005-04-29, 12:53 PM #12
Technically it would be an engine, but either one works because an engine is a type of motor. It's a motor that produces motion through the use of a fuel. A motor is any type of machine that creates motion through any type of energy (electric, solar, wind, water, hydraulic, fuel, spring...).

Edit: DogSRoOL sucks.
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2005-04-29, 1:20 PM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by DogSRoOL
Engines run on fuel. Motors are electric. So it depends now on the car.

I would answer "road." The question doesn't make sense anyway, since a car doesn't run at all without a motor or engine.

IT'S A TRICK QUESTION!


A "motor" is either, internal combustion or electric.. well read the definition.

Motor - A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.

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2005-04-29, 1:20 PM #14
engine
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2005-04-29, 1:25 PM #15
I don't think either work though..

My car runs on a motor.

My car runs on an engine.

More like:

My car runs on fuel, using an engine.
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2005-04-29, 2:29 PM #16
Quote:
Originally posted by Z@NARDI
A "motor" is either, internal combustion or electric.. well read the definition.

Motor - A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.

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Motors are not limited to combustion or electric, they can be powered by anything as long as they create mechanical force.

I also <3 the track girls running down your street.
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2005-04-29, 2:32 PM #17
Heroin powered engine.
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2005-04-29, 2:46 PM #18
And we complain about gas prices...
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2005-04-29, 3:10 PM #19
Either. We have hybrid cars now. :p
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2005-04-29, 3:16 PM #20
For me its simple. If it is in a car, truck, on an airplane, or some kind of vehicle, its an engine. If it is in an appliance or a tool or something like that, its a motor.

Though it does make it confusing when you think of the Steppenwolf song....

"Get your motor runnin'"
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2005-04-29, 3:27 PM #21
an INFERNAL!1
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2005-04-29, 3:59 PM #22
One more thing that I was going to put in my first post but forgot:

An engine is a type of motor, like a turbo is a type of supercharger.

There, I feel better.
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2005-04-29, 4:21 PM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by KOP_Snake
For me its simple. If it is in a car, truck, on an airplane, or some kind of vehicle, its an engine. If it is in an appliance or a tool or something like that, its a motor.


What about a boat?
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2005-04-29, 4:30 PM #24
Quote:
Originally posted by Crimson
Motors are not limited to combustion or electric, they can be powered by anything as long as they create mechanical force.
I would be interested in hearing about a motor that was neither fuel-powered nor electric, then.

Sounds like one of those "x is y, but y is not necessarily x" things.
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2005-04-29, 5:06 PM #25
Quote:
Originally posted by Crimson
An engine is a type of motor, like a turbo is a type of supercharger.


Mmm, not quite. A turbocharger runs off exhaust gas pressure, a supercharger runs off the crank. They aren't really comparable like that, their is a definite difference between them.

Quote:
Originally posted by DogSRoOL
I would be interested in hearing about a motor that was neither fuel-powered nor electric, then.


Hydraulic Motor
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2005-04-29, 5:08 PM #26
I third the motion of <3's for the track girls down the street.
2005-04-29, 5:19 PM #27
Quote:
Originally posted by Echoman
What about a boat?


If it is easily removed from the boat, like your standard fishing boat, then its a motor (ie, motor boat). If it is part of the boat, like a naval vessel, where they would have a whole engineering crew, then its an engine.
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2005-04-29, 5:22 PM #28
This thread makes me think that Mini's motto should be "Let's Engine."
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2005-04-29, 5:24 PM #29
Except Mini's motto is "It's a mini adventure" :confused:
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2005-04-29, 5:30 PM #30
Quote:
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2005-04-29, 5:31 PM #31
Oh great you made me want to see Back to the Future again lol.
2005-04-29, 6:13 PM #32
Quote:
Originally posted by KOP_Snake
If it is easily removed from the boat, like your standard fishing boat, then its a motor (ie, motor boat). If it is part of the boat, like a naval vessel, where they would have a whole engineering crew, then its an engine.
Except engineering doesn't always involve engines. ;) i.e. electrical engineering.
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2005-04-29, 6:20 PM #33
Quote:
Originally posted by Home_Sliced
Mmm, not quite. A turbocharger runs off exhaust gas pressure, a supercharger runs off the crank. They aren't really comparable like that, their is a definite difference between them.



Hydraulic Motor


A turbo IS a type of supercharger. It's a supercharger that runs off of exhaust gases instead of a belt powered by the engine itself. A supercharger (and there are many types) is a power-adder that compresses or forces more air into the intake manifold (and, in turn, the combustion chamber) than would be there in a normally aspirated setup. A turbo does this, though not the way most other superchargers do. I was being technical though, most people now don't realize that a turbo is a type of supercharger.
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2005-04-29, 6:22 PM #34
Quote:
Originally posted by KOP_Snake
If it is easily removed from the boat, like your standard fishing boat, then its a motor (ie, motor boat). If it is part of the boat, like a naval vessel, where they would have a whole engineering crew, then its an engine.


It doesn't have anything to do with whether it's removeable or not. It's what the machine uses to generate power. Fuel for engines or electricity, hydraulic, wind, water, etc. for motor.
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2005-04-29, 6:23 PM #35
Quote:
Originally posted by DogSRoOL
I would be interested in hearing about a motor that was neither fuel-powered nor electric, then.

Sounds like one of those "x is y, but y is not necessarily x" things.


Exactly, all engines are motors but not all motors are engines.

And see most of my other posts for motors that aren't powered by fuel or electricity.
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2005-04-29, 6:24 PM #36
I say engine.
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2005-04-29, 7:11 PM #37
I say

My car runs on a fuel composed of dead plants and animals millions of years old.
2005-04-29, 7:17 PM #38
Quote:
Originally posted by Wolfy
I say engine.


Me too.
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2005-04-29, 8:42 PM #39
Quote:
Originally posted by Wolfy
I say engine.


Which is a type of motor.
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