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Confidence votes 24.7K. Technically, there is no difference between an engine and a motor. However, by common usage the term 'engine' is usually applied to heat engines (e.g. internal combustion engines, steam engines, etc.) whereas the term 'motor' is more-widely applied to electric machines. + 1 other found this useful.
Though you could call them the same device, a generator and an electrical motor are really more like two sides of the same coin. A generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, while a motor does the opposite-it converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Both devices work because of electromagnetic induction, which is when a voltage is induced by a changing magnetic field.