Re: engine vs. motor

[Ken Ames <amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"got your motor runnin', head out on the highway"
I don't think they're talking(singing) electric motors there. :)

Ken Ames

Quoting "" <farna@xxxxxxx>:

> Yes, I can argue with the dictionary on this point! Webster's (and other
> dictionary companies) does research and gives definitions for COMMON USAGE,
> not technical accuracy. Commonly, engine and motor are used interchangeably.
> I haveto admit that in reality, only an engineer would really note any
> difference between the two. Find a technical or engineering term dictionary
> and you should find different definitions for a motor and engine. Of course
> the two terms have become so intertwined that a thoroughly modern engineering
> dictionary may not distinguish between the two terms anymore. 
> 
> --
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Independent 
> Magazine" (AIM)
> For all AMC enthusiasts
> http//:farna.home.att.net/AIM.html
> (free download available!)
> 			
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>  
> > From: bill821@xxxxxxxxx (Bill Allen)
> > Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 21:00:58 -0500
> > To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: engine vs. motors (attn. Frank)
> > Message-ID: <14346-418ED35A-1424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > I guess I'm using the wrong stuff in my cars.
> >  The label on my Mobil One reads "MOTOR OIL" . The cheap Costal I use
> > for the lawn mower also states "MOTOR OIL"
> >  I guess they are all wrong because off hand I don't remember any btands
> > that state engine oil. I've been wrong before so please state a brand
> > that states Engine Oil and I will switch tomorrow. 
> > 
> >     1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx    www.BillAllen.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:14:51 -0800 (PST)
> > From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: engine vs. motors (attn. Frank)
> > To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > motor oil
> > 
> > From "dictionary.com" on the web:
> > 
> > motor oil
> > 
> > n : oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor
> > 
> > and 
> > 
> > motor
> > 
> > n.  Something, such as a machine or an engine, that
> > produces or imparts motion.
> >  
> >     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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