Car vs. Tractor — What's the Difference?

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than goods.Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend on them.

A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially (and originally) tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks.

An automobile.

A powerful motor vehicle with large rear wheels, used chiefly on farms for hauling equipment and trailers.

A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails

A vehicle having a powerful gasoline or diesel motor and usually large, heavily treaded rear tires, used especially for pulling farm implements or machinery.

A boxlike enclosure for people or cargo on a conveyance

A truck having a cab and no body, used for pulling large vehicles such as vans or trailers.

The part of a balloon or airship that carries people or cargo.

An airplane propeller mounted in front of the supporting surfaces.

(Archaic) A chariot, carriage, or cart.

An airplane having such a propeller.

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

A toothed mechanism that automatically advances perforated continuous-form paper through a computer printer.

(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.

(agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.

An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

(US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

(aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

(archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

To prepare (land) with a tractor.

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

To move with a tractor beam.

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

That which draws, or is used for drawing.

(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

A clique or gang.

A motor vehicle with a powerful engine and large wheels, used to pull farm equipment such as plows, harvesting machinery, etc., over farm land. Smaller forms of farm tractor are completely open, with only a seat for the driver.

(obsolete) A turn.

A motor vehicle with a driver's cab and a powerful engine, fitted with a coupling at the rear, and designed to pull a large trailer or semi-trailer on the open highway; - called also truck tractor. The combination of such a tractor with its trailer is called a tractor-trailer, and is a common form of truck used for commercial shipping of freight.

(programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.

A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an aëroplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push; - called also Tractor screw and Tractor propeller.

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; - called also tractor airplane.

A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

A wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications

A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.

A truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans

The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The cage of a lift or elevator.

The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

A floating perforated box for living fish.

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad;

A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;

Car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

Where passengers ride up and down;