Engine vs. Transmission

Enginenoun

A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.

Enginenoun

A tool; a utensil or implement.

Transmissionnoun

The fact of being transmitted.

Enginenoun

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

Transmissionnoun

Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

Enginenoun

A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.

Transmissionnoun

(biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.

Enginenoun

The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.

Transmissionnoun

(automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.

Enginenoun

A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.

Transmissionnoun

(legal) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Enginenoun

(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).

‘a graphics engine; a physics engine’;

Transmissionnoun

(medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

Enginenoun

(obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

Enginenoun

(obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.

Transmissionnoun

The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Enginenoun

(obsolete) Natural talent; genius.

Transmissionnoun

The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.

Enginenoun

Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Transmissionnoun

The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.

Engineverb

To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

‘Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.’;

Transmissionnoun

the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Engineverb

To assault with an engine.

Transmissionnoun

communication by means of transmitted signals

Engineverb

To contrive; to put into action.

Transmissionnoun

the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Engineverb

To rack; to torture.

Transmissionnoun

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Enginenoun

Natural capacity; ability; skill.

‘A man hath sapiences three,Memory, engine, and intellect also.’;

Transmissionnoun

the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Enginenoun

Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent.

‘You see the ways the fisherman doth takeTo catch the fish; what engines doth he make?’; ‘Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.’;

Transmissionnoun

the action or process of transmitting something or the state of being transmitted

‘the transmission of the virus’;

Enginenoun

Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.

Transmissionnoun

a programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out

‘television transmissions’;

Enginenoun

A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

Transmissionnoun

the mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle

‘a three-speed automatic transmission’;

Engineverb

To assault with an engine.

‘To engine and batter our walls.’;

Engineverb

To equip with an engine; - said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Engineverb

Pronounced, in this sense, .) To rack; to torture.

Enginenoun

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

Enginenoun

something used to achieve a purpose;

‘an engine of change’;

Enginenoun

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Enginenoun

a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion

‘engine failure’; ‘the roar of a car engine’;

Enginenoun

a thing that is the agent or instrument of a particular process

‘exports used to be the engine of growth’;

Enginenoun

a locomotive.

Enginenoun

a fire engine.

Enginenoun

a mechanical device or instrument, especially one used in warfare

‘a siege engine’;

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy. Heat engines convert heat into work via various thermodynamic processes.