For the average guy on the street - motor vs engine prol'ly makes no
difference. But if you are going to make a formal presentation in front
of the pros at the Society of Automotive Engineers - then you had better
have it exactingly perfect or if  you are speaking to a room  full of
physicists about nuclear fusion - you had better have the language and
definitions exactly right -- or you will be laughed right out of the
room. So obviously - there is a time and place to have it exactingly
perfect for proper communication in clear concise terms. No room for
mis-interpretations in the language.

John

On 4/11/2013 11:53 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>    I expect people to use proper terms. It certainly helps, when trying to
> convey a meaning...  I don't think it is being asinine when you correct
> someone or question a wrong term, even when you may know what the person is
> trying to say..
>
> If someone doesn't really know the proper word meaning, it's helpful to
> clue them in...if they do know the difference and choose to use an improper
> term...they are the ones being lame....
>
>    That all being said....Many people don't choose to pay  much attention to
> how they communicate.  Rims for wheels?...that is a pretty mild
> error....motor for engine?...Bus for Vanagon?...
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> RE: "Motor" vs "Engine"
>> Thank you Tom Thank you, thank you.  Welcome to the 'cringe' crowd, those
>> that cringe when motor is used to talk about an engine.  But never the
>> other way around!
>>
>