Question: what is the difference between a motor and an engine

Nathan Quinlan answered on 3 Feb 2015:

Usually, a motor runs on electrical power, from the mains or a battery, or a generator. Motors are the drive for electric cars, the hard drive and fans in a computer, washing machines, fridges, power tools and almost every moving machine you can think of – except cars and trucks. They have engines which get their power by burning fuel. Petrol engines (cars), Diesel engines (cars, trucks, trains, ships), steam engines (old trains), jet engines, and rocket engines all have this in common.