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Quick Answer. Although laymen often use the words motor and engine interchangeably, from a technical point of view, an engine uses fuel to create heat that it converts into motion, while a motor uses electricity to produce motion.
One field is created by the rotor and one by the stator. The difference between motor types is in how these fields are created and controlled: EC motors use permanent magnets to create the rotor field, and a series of coils controlled by an electronic controller (or commutator) to create the stator field.