Both words have their roots in old Latin. Ken Ames Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>: > "Engine" essentially means "contraption", a mechanical assembly > to carry out some complicated "works". > > Weaving engines, threshing engines, analytical engines, > calculating engines, lifting engines, etc. Probably someone > in 1750 made a pun about a lifting engine lifting an engine. > > It's an old word. > > Motor at least has a root involving "motive" as in motion as > in auto-motive, self-moving. And so on. > > I bet it's a new word. > > If people know what you're talking about, it's the right word. > > > "Boat anchor" sometimes works :-) > > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/