Pump vs. Motor — What's the Difference?

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they use to move the fluid: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps.Pumps operate by some mechanism (typically reciprocating or rotary), and consume energy to perform mechanical work moving the fluid.

Something, such as a machine or an engine, that produces or imparts motion.

A machine or device for raising, compressing, or transferring fluids.

A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, especially an internal-combustion engine or an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.

(Physiology)A molecular mechanism for the active transport of ions or molecules across a cell membrane.

A motor vehicle, especially an automobile

(Physics)Electromagnetic radiation used to raise atoms or molecules to a higher energy level.

Causing or producing motion

(Informal)The heart.

Driven by or having a motor.

(Informal)The place where consumers purchase gasoline. Used with the:gas prices rising at the pump.

Of or for motors or motor vehicles

A shoe that has a closed back and is cut low around the toes, usually with heels and no fastenings.

Of, relating to, or designating nerves that carry impulses from the nerve centers to the muscles.

To cause to flow by means of a pump or pumplike organ or device:Derricks pumped oil out of the ground. The heart pumps blood throughout the body.

Involving or relating to movements of the muscles

To draw, deliver, or pour forth:a writer who pumped out a new novel every year.

To drive or travel in a motor vehicle.

To propel, eject, or insert:pumped new life into the economy.

To carry by motor vehicle.

To cause to move with an up-and-down or back-and-forth motion:a bicyclist pumping the pedals; a piston pumping a shaft.

A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.

To push or pull (a brake or lever, for instance) rapidly:a driver pumping the brakes.

(colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.

To shoot (bullets, for example) at or into:a gunner pumping rounds at a target.

(figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.

(Physics)To raise (atoms or molecules) to a higher energy level by exposing them to electromagnetic radiation at a resonant frequency.

Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.

(Physiology)To transport (ions or molecules) against a concentration gradient by the expenditure of chemically stored energy.

The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.

To invest (money) repeatedly or persistently in something.

(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

To question closely or persistently:pump a witness for secret information.

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.

(Informal)To promote or publicize vigorously:The company pumped its new product on its website.

Relating to motor cars.

To operate a pump.

(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine as opposed to a steam engine or turbine.

To move gas or liquid with a pump or a pumplike organ or device.

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

To move up and down or back and forth in a vigorous manner:My legs were pumping as I ran up the stairs.

To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

To flow in spurts:Blood was pumping from the wound.

To progress at a brisk pace.

(Sports)To fake a throw, pass, or shot by moving the arm or arms without releasing the ball.

(slang) To leave.

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping

A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.

A motor car; an automobile.

A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

(colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.

Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

The heart.

A nonspecific agent that imparts motion;

The vagina.

Travel or be transported in a vehicle;

(British) A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.

Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS;

A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)

Causing or able to cause motion;

A dancing shoe.

A type of shoe without a heel.en

To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.

(obsolete) To put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a pump of water upon or on someone.

(transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.

(British slang) To copulate.

To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.

To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.

(transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.

(bodybuilding) To enlarge the body by means of weightlifting or steroid use.

(transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.

Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; by extension to be full of energy.

(sports) To kick, throw, or hit the ball far and high.

To pass gas; to fart quietly.

(computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.

2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform

(colloquial) To inject silicone into the body in order to try to achieve a fuller or curvier look.

A low shoe with a thin sole.

An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.

To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid.

To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship.

Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.

To work, or raise water, a pump.

A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body;

A low-cut shoe without fastenings

Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

Deliver forth;

Draw or pour with a pump

Supply in great quantities;

Flow intermittently

Move up and down;

Raise (gases oor fluids) with a pump

Question persistently;