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Turbine vs. Engine — What's the Difference?

Turbine vs. Engine — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Turbine and Engine

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Turbine

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.

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.

Turbine

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.

Engine

A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion
Engine failure
The roar of a car engine

Turbine

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.
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Engine

A locomotive.

Turbine

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.

Engine

A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.

Turbine

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.

Engine

Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.

Turbine

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.

Engine

A mechanical appliance, instrument, or tool
Engines of war.

Turbine

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

Engine

An agent, instrument, or means of accomplishment.

Engine

A locomotive.

Engine

A fire engine.

Engine

(Computers) A search engine.

Engine

To equip with an engine or engines.

Engine

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

Engine

A tool; a utensil or implement.

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

(obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

Engine

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

Engine

(obsolete) Natural talent; genius.

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

To assault with an engine.

Engine

To contrive; to put into action.

Engine

To rack; to torture.

Engine

Natural capacity; ability; skill.
A man hath sapiences three,Memory, engine, and intellect also.

Engine

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.

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

To assault with an engine.
To engine and batter our walls.

Engine

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

Engine

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

Engine

Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

Engine

Something used to achieve a purpose;
An engine of change

Engine

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

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