Machine vs. Motor — What's the Difference?

Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.

A device that converts electrical energy into mechanical motion.

A device that aids in accomplishing a task by using mechanical power.

An integral part of machinery that requires motion to function.

A complex apparatus consisting of interrelated parts working together.

A component used to generate rotational or linear force in various applications.

A piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task in an industrial or domestic setting.

A unit that drives machines by converting various forms of energy into mechanical work.

A tool that helps increase efficiency by automating tasks.

A machine component specifically designed for motion output.

A machine is any physical system with ordered structural and functional properties. It may represent human-made or naturally occurring device molecular machine that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.

Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.

A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that redirects mechanical energy to accomplish a particular task or set of tasks.

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.

See simple machine.

A motor vehicle, especially an automobile

See compound machine.

Causing or producing motion

A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.

Driven by or having a motor.

A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task

Of or for motors or motor vehicles

An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.

Of, relating to, or designating nerves that carry impulses from the nerve centers to the muscles.

A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.

Involving or relating to movements of the muscles

An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders

To drive or travel in a motor vehicle.

A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.

To carry by motor vehicle.

A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.

A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.

An answering machine

(colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.

Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine

(figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.

To cut, shape, or finish by machine.

Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.

To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine

The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

(dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.

An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

Relating to motor cars.

(computing) A computer.

(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine as opposed to a steam engine or turbine.

(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

(poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

To progress at a brisk pace.

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

(slang) To leave.

Penis.

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

(historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.

A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

(obsolete) A bathing machine.

A motor car; an automobile.

To make by machinery.

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.

Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.

A nonspecific agent that imparts motion;

Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.

Travel or be transported in a vehicle;

A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.

Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS;

A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.

Causing or able to cause motion;

A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the Tammany machine.

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape, or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

An efficient person;

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

A group that controls the activities of a political party;

A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

Turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

Make by machinery;

A machine is any device that uses mechanical power and has several parts that interact to perform a specific task.

A motor works by converting electrical or other forms of energy into mechanical energy, usually involving rotational or linear force.

Machines are used for a broad range of applications across many industries, whereas motors are specifically used where motion and force are needed.

Yes, a motor can be considered a type of machine, specifically designed to create motion.

Common types of motors include electric, hydraulic, and internal combustion motors.

Machines impact daily life by automating tasks, increasing efficiency, and enhancing the capabilities of human efforts.

Machines and motors are fundamental components of automation systems, improving productivity and consistency.

Yes, motors are often replaceable parts within machines, especially when they serve as the primary source of motion.

Motors, especially those that use fossil fuels, can have significant environmental impacts, including emissions and energy consumption.

Industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and technology heavily rely on various machines.

Technological advancements continuously improve the efficiency, safety, and capabilities of both machines and motors.

The motor in an electric vehicle converts electrical energy from the battery to mechanical energy, propelling the vehicle.

Motors are integrated into household appliances to perform tasks such as spinning a washing machine drum or circulating air in a refrigerator.

Motors significantly affect the performance of machines by determining the speed, efficiency, and reliability of the machine functions.

Examples of simple machines include levers, pulleys, and inclined planes.