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ICE vs four-stroke internal-combustion engine

four-stroke internal-combustion engine vs ICE

ICE and four-stroke internal-combustion engine both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ICE Yes No No No
four-stroke internal-combustion engine Yes No No No
As nouns, four-stroke internal-combustion engine is a hyponym of ICE; that is, four-stroke internal-combustion engine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ICE:
  • ICE: a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
  • four-stroke internal-combustion engine: an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
ICE (noun) four-stroke internal-combustion engine (noun)
a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
Difference between ICE and four-stroke internal-combustion engine

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