# Motor vs. Engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883 "2013-08-13T18:56:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/41 "2013-08-16T02:40:17Z")

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OK, but I have never heard it called a “ginnie”.

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/42 "2013-08-16T04:08:11Z")

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@ok4450  
A donkey is a small member of the equine family used as a pack animal.  
A jackass is a stupid, obstinate male.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/43 "2013-08-17T00:16:55Z")

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Isn’t it ( wasn’t it ) that an engine PRODUCES power and a motor USES power to perform a function ? ( vacuum motor, electric motor, )  
That’s what I always thought before the terms got blended.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/44 "2013-08-17T04:06:28Z")

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ken, you must be really old, really really old, if you were around before these words got blended.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/45 "2013-08-17T06:26:17Z")

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@dagosa, guess I’ll lay claim to the latter definition… 🙂

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**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/motor-vs-engine/80883/46 "2013-08-17T21:00:43Z")

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A late model Prius has an engine and two electric motors. Or 3 motors, one gasoline and two electric.

In my book a motor can refer to gas or electric, but there are no electric engines.

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