how about engines versus motors:
why does a boat with an outboard motor ( always have an engine in it),
why is detroit named " the motor city"
why is it when i talk about putting an engine in my bicycle, i refer to it as "motorising" it :technical:
any of the gstwin family have anything to add to this? or any versus argument. what brought this up?, 1 im an incessant postwhore lol :oops:, and 2 had the blu-ray player fired up watchiing youtube. ( modern marvels-- engines/motors )
or if bored, the versys versus versus argument Eh?
You are right. We often use the wrong terminology. It is usually just easier and rolls off the tongue a bit better. There is, however, no arguement. A motor converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. An engine converts chemical energy into mechanical energy. Simple really.
Paul
Then we aren't riding Motorbikes by Enginebikes, right?
Hello John Got New Mo-ah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHJ4zEKDZY (I keep tropical fish, in me underpants)
Maybe this is why I just say that I'm on the bike. Perhaps it has something to do with the european origin of the "internal combustion engine". Does it come from the French word "moteur"? Obviously not from the German word "auto". There is probably someone out there who knows why we ride "motorcycles" and not "enginecycles". :dunno_black:
it's a colloquial thing, an idiomatic thing. Why do some people say Rellos and others say Rellies?
So... look it up...
Motor...
- 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.
- A machine, esp. one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device...
Conclusion: Motorcycle is still correct usage.
Michael