Pump vs. Turbine — 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.

A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, or Latin turbo, meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a generator.

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

A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

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

Any of various machines in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted to mechanical power by the impulse or reaction of the fluid with a series of buckets, paddles, or blades arrayed about the circumference of a wheel or cylinder.

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

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

(Informal)The heart.

A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; - also called turbine wheel.

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

A type of rotary engine with a set of rotating vanes, diagonally inclined and often curved, attached to a central spindle, and obtaining its motive force from the passage of a fluid, as water, steam, combusted gases, or air, over the vanes. Water turbines are frequently used for generating power at hydroelectric power stations, and steam turbines are used for generating power from coal- or oil-fired electric power stations. Turbines are also found in jet engines, and in some automobile engines.

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

Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To invest (money) repeatedly or persistently in something.

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

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

To operate a pump.

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

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

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

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

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

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

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

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

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

The heart.

The vagina.

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

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)

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;