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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.
A simple motor has six parts: â¢ Armature or rotor â¢ Commutator â¢ Brushes â¢ Axle â¢ Field magnet â¢ DC power supply of some sort An electric motor is all about magnets and magnetism: A motor uses magnets to create motion.n electric motor changes electrical energy into mechanical movement. A dynamo or an electric generator does the reverse: it changes mechanical movement into electric energy. Most of the electric motors work by using the force of magnetism.