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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Engine vs. Motor #62767 03/28/2002 1:49 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas Abagogo stranger Abagogo stranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas Here's one for the forum. What is the difference in meaning between these two words? Why is a jet powered with a 'jet-engine' until one of them falls off and then it becomes a motor? Why is it that when the engine in our car won't start we get out and check the motor? Nobody stranger Nobody stranger Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Engine vs. Motor Abagogo 03/28/2002 1:49 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Faldage 03/28/2002 2:35 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wwh 03/28/2002 2:59 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Angel 03/29/2002 12:28 AM Re: Engine vs. Motor TEd Remington 04/01/2002 12:21 AM Re: Engine vs. Motor Bobyoungbalt 04/01/2002 2:36 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/01/2002 2:48 AM Re: Engine vs. Motor stales 04/01/2002 12:55 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Faldage 04/01/2002 1:31 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wwh 04/01/2002 1:48 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Faldage 04/01/2002 2:34 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wwh 04/01/2002 3:14 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor of troy 04/01/2002 4:09 PM I was a victim of the new math TheFallibleFiend 04/01/2002 5:55 PM Re: I was a victim of the new math wwh 04/01/2002 6:02 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor TEd Remington 04/01/2002 5:24 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor AnnaStrophic 04/01/2002 6:15 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Sparteye 04/02/2002 6:33 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor AnnaStrophic 04/02/2002 10:58 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wsieber 04/02/2002 11:52 AM Re: Engine vs. Motor milum 04/02/2002 12:24 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Jackie 04/02/2002 2:11 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wsieber 04/03/2002 5:54 AM Re: Engine vs. Motor Jackie 04/03/2002 2:15 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor wwh 04/03/2002 2:27 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Bean 04/03/2002 3:47 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor of troy 04/03/2002 5:30 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Alex Williams 04/03/2002 7:29 PM Re: Engine vs. Motor Bobyoungbalt 04/05/2002 3:35 AM home vs. house wsieber 04/05/2002 8:06 AM Re: home vs. house Bean 04/05/2002 12:07 PM Re: home vs. house Angel 04/05/2002 1:06 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,385 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,209 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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